[Numpy-discussion] numpy segv on OpenBSD

[Travis Oliphant]

Damien Miller wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to make an OpenBSD package on numpy-0.9.5, but it receives a
> malloc fault in the check_types() self-test as it tries to free() a junk
> pointer. In case you are not aware, OpenBSD's malloc() implementation
> does a fair bit of randomisation that makes it (deliberately) sensitive
> to memory management errors.
>   
This problem has been worked around in NumPy SVN.  It is a problem with 
Python that has been fixed in Python SVN as well. 

You can either comment-out the test or update to latest SVN.

-Travis