Hi,
I have installed python24 both under Panther and Tiger, and ran into
fatal errors with Python's Carbon package, in particular the Module
"Scrap" it contains (so the name seems to be well-chosen for this
module).
To show what happens, I typed a couple of lines in the interactive
shell. The objective is to import the Scrap module and use it to add a
PDF document to the Mac's Clipboard. This works fine in python2.3 under
Panther.
(1)
The error-free case - on Panther with python23 from fink:
% fink --version
Package manager version: 0.24.7
Distribution version: 0.7.2.rsync
% python2.3
Python 2.3.5 (#1, Apr 29 2005, 19:27:12)
[GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from Carbon import Scrap
>>> f=open("file.pdf")
>>> contents=f.read()
>>> f.close()
>>> Scrap.ClearCurrentScrap()
>>> Scrap.GetCurrentScrap().PutScrapFlavor('PDF ',0,contents)
>>>
This worked without problems.
(2)
Now the SAME with python 2.4 from fink on Panther:
% python
Python 2.4.1 (#1, Apr 29 2005, 17:22:41)
[GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from Carbon import Scrap
>>> f=open("file.pdf")
>>> contents=f.read()
>>> f.close()
>>> Scrap.ClearCurrentScrap()
>>> Scrap.GetCurrentScrap().PutScrapFlavor('PDF ',0,contents)
Bus error
(3)
Now the SAME with python24 from fink on TIGER (this produces a
DIFFERENT error!):
% python
Python 2.4.1 (#1, May 9 2005, 16:41:26)
[GCC 4.0.0 20041026 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 4061)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from Carbon import Scrap
>>> f=open("file.pdf")
>>> contents=f.read()
>>> f.close()
>>> Scrap.ClearCurrentScrap()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
MacOS.Error: (-4960, 'coreFoundationUnknownErr')
Here is some info about my fink installation under Tiger :
% fink --version
Package manager version: 0.24.7
Distribution version: 0.8.0.rsync
% fink list -i python24
Information about 4761 packages read in 4 seconds.
i python24 1:2.4.1-1 Interpreted, object-oriented
language
i python24-shlibs 1:2.4.1-1 Interpreted, object-oriented
language
i python24-socket 1:2.4.1-1 Socket plugin for python
% fink list -i py24
Information about 4761 packages read in 2 seconds.
i ipython-py24 0.6.12-1 Replacement interactive Python
interpreter
i numeric-py24 23.8-11 Multidim'l numerical arrays for
Python, using Ap...
i pil-py24 1.1.4-27 Python Imaging Library
i pyxml-py24 0.8.4-1 XML Parsers and API for Python
i reportlab-py24 1.20-11 PDF creation library for Python
i scientificpyth... 2.4.9-2 Python modules useful for
scientific computing
The Tiger system shows the same error using python2.3. I have to add
that /usr/bin/python on my Tiger machine also gets stuck in the same
way, but has no problems on Panther. The upshot is that the following
pythons seem to misbehave with Carbon.Scrap: fink's python24 on
Panther, and all pythons on Tiger. If anyone knows what could be
causing this, I'd greatly appreciate any info.
Jens
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