Re: Can we reproduce this?

> > > When I try 'make test' during building python2.3a1 with gcc2.95.3 in
> > > Solaris8, it stops at 'test_signal' - it stays there until the process
> > > is killed via kill -9.
> > 
> > This is a known problem, which occurs in the farm as well. We have as
> > yet no good leads.
> 
> I just ran test_socket a bunch of times on our sun without problems.
> I believe Martin von Loewis and Andrew Koenig also use a solaris box
> fairly regularly.  (Hopefully Martin is reading this list and can
> confirm.)
> 
> So the problem may be limited to the snake farm and a few other boxes.

Most likely it's dependent on a particular combination of software
versions.  It's worth trying to find out which versions the snake-farm
and inyeol's box have in common.

> This may also apply to the AIX problem, since I've found no one else
> who has the same problems.  I've worked a fair amount on the AIX
> problem.  I have spent no time as of yet on Solaris.  I'll try to
> do some testing to see if I can find out more.

One problem with AIX is that almost all AIX users have little working
Unix knowledge. :-(  (Perhaps because people with working Unix
knowlege know to avoid it. :-)

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)