Weird threading problem under Solaris

[Kent Polk]

On Thu, 09 Dec 1999 11:29:42 +0000, Gary Pennington wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Stephen Norris wrote:
><snip>
>> Are there any Solaris experts out there who know what this means? Anyone
>> got any idea how to stop it?
>
>Python is masking signals and the OS can't deliver signals to the
>appropriate LWP(thread)(s) (man _signotifywait for the full story).

When I tried to compile Python for 64bit on Solaris 2.7 with threads,
I ran into this type of situation. Python couldn't even start up
as a result. I turned off optimization and the signals could be
received.  Don't know if this relates directly.