Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 00:55:42 +0900 From: Hye-Shik Chang <perky@i18n.org> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> Cc: python@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: python-2.4.a3 Message-ID: <20041202155542.GA79436@i18n.org> In-Reply-To: <41AE852D.8080909@chuckr.org> References: <41AE852D.8080909@chuckr.org>
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On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 02:59:57AM +0000, Chuck Robey wrote:
> Excuse me please if this mail is formatted oddly, you are my first
> experiment with using *several* new things, mozilla as mail agent, mail
> from my imap machine. all on my new FreeBSD box. I hope this works.
>
> Anyhow, down to cases. I'm doing a freebie database for a buddy who
> runs (owns) a video rental store. I'm using python, and gtk+ for the
> widgets, and that much is flawless, it's beautiful, and so I'm off
> trying to get a fairly simple database done in python, using
> FreeBSD-current (my amd64 box, dual processsor, lots of disk, 1G of ram).
>
> Everytime I try doing something with bsddb, I get this error:
>
> >>> import bsddb
> >>> db = bsddb.btopen("myfile","c")
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/bsddb/__init__.py", line 303, in btopen
> e = _openDBEnv()
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.4/bsddb/__init__.py", line 339, in _openDBEnv
> e.open('.', db.DB_PRIVATE | db.DB_CREATE | db.DB_THREAD |
> db.DB_INIT_LOCK | db.DB_INIT_MPOOL)
> bsddb._db.DBInvalidArgError: (22, 'Invalid argument -- architecture
> lacks fast mutexes: applications cannot be threaded')
>
>
> I think my option here is to toss out all of the FreeBSD ported python,
> and try instead, using one i build myself, but I would vastly rather see
> if I can help you, and get it working that way. My problem is, well,
> several problems:
>
> 1) I need this really quickly, I need my database wokring inside 48
> hours at the latest
It's a known problem of Berkeley DB on FreeBSD/amd64 (neither
Python's nor bsddb module's). I think you'd better to set ia32
emulation up to get it working in that short time.
> 2) I'm just out of the hospital, very quick to tire, and I take a lot of
> time out in the next 48 hours for doctors visits (stiches coming out,
> like that). I have some time to help you, but not too much.
Cheer up! And I hope you get better soon.
Regards,
Hye-Shik
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