[Zope] OpenBSD 2.8 woes

[Ragnar Beer]

Seems you already found out what's wrong. Why didn't you post 
anything on the OBSD misc list so that they can fix it?

Ragnar


>Hello Jan:
>
>>I don't really know what else I could do. Right now it looks
>>pretty much as if I'm going to switch to FreeBSD, my second
>>favourite :-| Has anyone got Zope 2.2.5 running under OpenBSD 
>>2.8??? If so, I'd
>>be really curious what steps you followed to get it to work.-
>
>You will have to use FreeBSD or use OpenBSD 2.7.
>
>2.8 will not work because there is a bug in the threading library 
>included with OpenBSD 2.8. Zope triggers it when you call the 
>management screen.
>
>However, in the Zope code for the management screens there are 
>"thread-safe" calls used which are not, as far as I know, used 
>elsewhere in Zope. Maybe there is a bug in that code?
>
>But for now I believe the bug to be in OpenBSD 2.8. I have not found 
>anything to suggest that it has been fixed or looked at. None of the 
>patches released so far for 2.8 mention it.
>
>I went through this in early December.
>
>Luke
>
>
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