FreeBSD, Python and Zope

[Andrey Chichak]

> > > >    Today I've found reaason of Zope crashing under FreeBSD.
> > > >    pthread_create with default pthread_attr allocates stack only
64K,

> > > Sure!  Submit a patch to SourceForge; if you're not comfortable with
> > > that, just submit a bug report.

> > A search of the bug tracker would have found an old bug report about
this.
> > The code has changed since this was reported, and in fact there is a
> > macro that can be defined to allocate a larger thread stack - its just
not
> > documented usefully (review Python/thread_pthread.c for enlightenment).

> Get the python 2.1.3 source distro
>
> $ cd /source/Python2.1.3/Python
>
> $ wget -O patchfile.txt
>
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/download.php?group_id=5470\&atid=305470\&fil
> e_id=22870\&aid=554841
>
> $ patch < patchfile.txt
>
> then play the usual "configure/make/make install" dance again.
>
> There is no more Zope crash since that patch.

or simply so :

cd Python-2.2.2
export OPT="-O -march=k6 -pipe -DTHREAD_STACK_SIZE=0x100000"
./configure --with-threads

Andrey Chichak