[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-488184 ] import with undefineds can crash python

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Bugs item #488184, was opened at 2001-12-02 14:19
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Category: Macintosh
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 3
Submitted By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Assigned to: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Summary: import with undefineds can crash python

Initial Comment:
Importing a module which references undefined externals, or which references libraries that
fail initialization, can crash the interpreter.


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>Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2001-12-11 02:01

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Apple was already aware of this bug, their bug number for it
is #2806458. There is no workaround known, so we'll have to
wait until it is fixed.

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Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2001-12-06 14:56

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Unfortunately the fix I had in mind, adding the "return on error" flag to NSLinkModule(), is not good enough. Python crashes while the initialization routine for the dynamic library is running, and NSLinkModule also never gets control back, it seems. I now think this is definitely an Apple bug. Lowering the priority because of that, not because it's not important.

I did find an easy way to reproduce the bug, though: "su" to someone else (not root, someone who can't access your window server) and import _Win or something similar.

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