python 2.1 is available as maintenance/bugfix release 2.1.3. current version in ports is 2.1.2. the zope port and other software depending on a working garbage collector in python 2.1 crashes on 2.1.2. version 2.1.3 addresses this and several more issues. patch to /usr/ports tree as of april 9, 2002, attached. modifies files: Mk/bsd.python.mk lang/python21/Makefile lang/python21/distinfo x11-toolkits/py-tkinter/distinfo these were the dependencies i fouind at first glance. there might be more. this is my first send-pr generated report. feel free to kick my butt if something is wrong ;-) How-To-Repeat: run zope-2.5.0 port with python-2.1.2 on a little to medium loaded server
severity should be escalated to "serious" because 2.1.2 python users might see severe problems (including data loss and the like) in memory intensive python apps that stress the garbage collector. this not only covers zope but also several application frameworks out there and nearly everything that runs a daemon. regards, /k -- > Hackers do it with bugs. KR433/KR11-RIPE -- WebMonster Community Founder -- nGENn GmbH Senior Techie http://www.webmonster.de/ -- ftp://ftp.webmonster.de/ -- http://www.ngenn.net/ GnuPG 0x2964BF46 2001-03-15 42F9 9FFF 50D4 2F38 DBEE DF22 3340 4F4E 2964 BF46 My mail is GnuPG signed -- Unsigned ones are bogus -- http://www.gnupg.org/ Please do not remove my address from To: and Cc: fields in mailing lists. 10x
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-ports->tg over to maintainer
State Changed From-To: open->closed Committed, thanks. Next time, please check that packaging still works. I had to update pkg-plist.