Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:48:26 -0400 From: Jason Tishler To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Python 2.4.1 locking bug. (was: Re: rebaseall failure?) Message-ID: <20050728124826.GC2704@tishler.net> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20050727164719 DOT GA1816 AT tishler DOT net> <5782337 DOT 1122488184052 DOT JavaMail DOT dgou AT mac DOT com> <20050727182912 DOT GB8798 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> <7429953 DOT 1122490121496 DOT JavaMail DOT dgou AT mac DOT com> <20050727190657 DOT GA2272 AT tishler DOT net> <10309717 DOT 1122492940641 DOT JavaMail DOT dgou AT mac DOT com> <20050727205229 DOT GA3876 AT tishler DOT net> <216554 DOT 1122499538914 DOT JavaMail DOT dgou AT mac DOT com> <20050727232925 DOT GA21845 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-IsSubscribed: yes Doug, On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:38:44PM -0400, Douglas Philips wrote: > On Jul 27, 2005, at 7:29 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >semaphore::_trywait doesn't have anything to do with pthread > >mutexes, AFAIK. > > I don't know. When I saw the Python message it seemed plausible. > > The real issue is that Python broke with 1.5.18, either because of > the pthread change or not. > Be that as it may, should I report this bug in another forum? No, this is the right mailing list. However, you can increase the probability of it getting fixed by helping to isolate the problem. Besides submitting a patch, a minimal C test case is the best way to go. Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc or key servers Fingerprint: 7A73 1405 7F2B E669 C19D 8784 1AFD E4CC ECF4 8EF6 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/