Re: can't load plpython

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> ... However, on HEAD this is crashing for me, and it's right when plpython
> loads. Backtrace below.

Does plpython pass its regression tests for you (I'd suppose not)?

For me on Fedora 10 x86_64, CVS HEAD plus python 2.5.2 passes regression
but the given example still dumps core. postmaster log says

postgres: tgl regression [local] SELECT: Objects/stringobject.c:107: PyString_FromString: Assertion `str != ((void *)0)' failed.
LOG: server process (PID 4714) was terminated by signal 6: Aborted
LOG: terminating any other active server processes

backtrace

#0 0x0000003e1d032f05 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#1 0x0000003e1d034a73 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#2 0x0000003e1d02bef9 in __assert_fail () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#3 0x0000003e3367e67c in PyString_FromString ()
from /usr/lib64/libpython2.5.so.1.0
#4 0x0000003e3366ec26 in PyDict_SetItemString ()
from /usr/lib64/libpython2.5.so.1.0
#5 0x0000000000b2149d in PLy_function_build_args (fcinfo=0x7fffff0adb80,
proc=0x2685c80) at plpython.c:1055
#6 0x0000000000b2281e in PLy_function_handler (fcinfo=0x7fffff0adb80,
proc=0x2685c80) at plpython.c:795
#7 0x0000000000b230f6 in plpython_call_handler (fcinfo=0x7fffff0adb80)
at plpython.c:356
#8 0x000000000056009a in ExecMakeFunctionResult (fcache=0x267c0f0,
econtext=0x267bfc0, isNull=0x267cb38 "", isDone=0x267cbf0)
at execQual.c:1665
#9 0x000000000055af44 in ExecTargetList () at execQual.c:5001
#10 ExecProject (projInfo=<value optimized out>, isDone=0x7fffff0ae06c)
at execQual.c:5202
#11 0x000000000056f289 in ExecResult (node=0x267bea8) at nodeResult.c:155
#12 0x000000000055a27d in ExecProcNode (node=0x267bea8) at execProcnode.c:344
#13 0x0000000000557cca in ExecutePlan () at execMain.c:1504

> Obviously I don't know Python to fix it :-)

Me either. Something is pretty bad in python-land, it seems.

regards, tom lane