[Zope] Problems with SybaseDA

[Bill Anderson]

> A J Wilson wrote:
> 
> I have experimented some more and I think I have isolated the problem
> by importing the module into python and playing with the code that
> uses it (eg db.py and DA.py).
> 
> Firstly I found that I had to change some of the environment variables
> in the Makefile.pre.in to point to where Makdrake 7 stores python (ie
> /usr rather than /usr/local). Then I made sure that SYBASE and
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH were set in my shell before compiling the code.
> 
> Next I imported sy_occ into python and started playing it (I made sure
> SYBASE and LD_LIBRARY_PATH were set correctly by inspecting
> os.environ). I found that in db.py there is a line of code
> "_context=sy_occ.cs_ctx_alloc()" which when called causes a
> segmentation fault and a core dump.  When this line is commented out
> Zope can start successfully and thinks that the SybaseDA is correctly
> installed but obviously it doesn't actually work.
> 
> I am using Jeff Rush's rpm version of Zope and have set SYBASE and
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH through .bashrc in user zope's home directory.  Does
> this sound like the right way to do it?

I put it in the zope startup script, myself. I also put it in the
Zope.cgi fle just to be sure. Remember that unless otherwise told to,
Zope runs as nobody.