Re: [Boost-build] Python tests hang on Darwin.

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Python tests hang on Darwin.
From: K. Noel Belcourt (kbelco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-05 12:17:37

Hi Dave,

On Jun 4, 2009, at 1:49 PM, David Abrahams wrote:

> I'm completely baffled about this, and it's really interfering with my
> bug sprint.  Boost.Build seems to work fine, but any tests that  
> involve
> Python hang before anything happens, with Python using no CPU cycles.
> What's even odder, if I copy the command that launches Python out  
> of the
> output of 'ps waux' and issue it myself, it works just fine.  I *only*
> have this problem when bjam is issuing the commands.  Any ideas?

Seems strange that the Sandia trunk Python tests all work fine with  
darwin-4.0.1?  What exact OS and Xcode installation are you using?

> This is seriously messing up my bug sprint!

I can appreciate that.

-- Noel