[Pythonmac-SIG] version mismatch error

[Bob Ippolito]

On Oct 17, 2005, at 5:00 AM, Chris Fonnesbeck wrote:

> Seemingly out of nowhere, I now get the following error when I try to
> import anything in python 2.3 (on Panther):
>
> Fatal Python error: Interpreter not initialized (version mismatch?)
> Abort trap
>
> I'm not sure what I could have done to cause this. Any hints as to how
> to get python working again are most welcome.

I suspect that you have two Python 2.3s installed and you're loading  
extensions built with the wrong one without having the patch  
installed.  You can find out exactly what it's trying to do when it's  
failing with this:
env DYLD_PRINT_LIBRARIES=1 /usr/bin/python -v

-bob