tags 589956 + confirmed thanks * Piotr Lewandowski <piotr.lewandow...@gmail.com>, 2010-07-22, 16:37:
~$ gdb --quiet --args python -c "import pcapy; help(pcapy.open_offline('/tmp/dump').next()[0])" Reading symbols from /usr/bin/python...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/python2.6...done. (no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/python -c import\ pcapy\;\ help\(pcapy.open_offline\(\'/tmp/pcap\'\).next\(\)\[0\]\) [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. PyObject_GetAttr (v=<unknown at remote 0x7ffff6856be0>, name='__name__') at ../Objects/object.c:1195 1195 ../Objects/object.c: No such file or directory. in ../Objects/object.c (gdb) info args v = <unknown at remote 0x7ffff6856be0> name = '__name__' (gdb) print (Py_ssize_t)(PyObject*)v->ob_refcnt $1 = 2 (gdb) print (PyObject*)v->ob_type $2 = 0x0 (gdb)
(Hrm... the file magically changes its name from "dump" to "pcamp"...)Thanks for your bugreport, I can reproduce this bug. BTW, you could use "print type(...)" instead of "help(...)" to trigger it, too.
-- Jakub Wilk
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