other/6602: GCC/Linux shared lib + EH bug example

Tue May 7 19:26:00 GMT 2002

>Number:         6602
>Category:       other
>Synopsis:       GCC/Linux shared lib + EH bug example
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue May 07 19:26:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     rwgk@cci.lbl.gov
>Release:        gcc 3.0.4
>Organization:
>Environment:
RedHat 7.1 on Intel
>Description:
I have reduced an exception-handling problem
mentioned here

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-May/001021.html

This is clearly a GCC/Linux interaction problem, not a Python bug. However, it does have a serious impact on anyone writing Python extension modules with g++ on Linux.
>How-To-Repeat:
Get the attached. Then:

gunzip -c gcc_dl_eh.tar.gz | tar xvf -
cd gcc_dl_eh
more 0README
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
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