[Eric] Bus Error running eric's install.py at qVersion() call

[Detlev Offenbach]

Hi Curtis,

if you suspect this to be a PyQt/sip problem, you better post your problem to 
the PyQt mailing list. The chance for getting help related to PyQt is much 
better there.

Regards,
Detlev

On Samstag, 30. Juni 2007, Curtis Faith wrote:
> I'm having one hell of a time installing Eric4 on a brand new Intel
> MacBook running OS X 10.4.10
>
> This is my fourth failed attempt at installing eric in the last year,
> and the first one on a Unix-based OS. If I can't get this to work
> soon, I will pick another IDE, I have spent about a solid day on this
> on this go around and am stuck on what should be the last easy step.
>
> I have everything installed except the last step, and I have double-
> checked the order three times. I installed the latest versions of
> everything including:
>
> Python-2.5.1
> qt-mac-opensource-4.3.0
> sip-4.6
> PyQt-mac-gpl-4.2
> QScintilla-1.73-gpl-2.1
>
>
> The command:
>
>
> sudo python install.py
>
>
>
> results in:
>
>
> Bus Error
>
>
> I installed a new version of Python 2.5.1 and modified it to include
> the debugging symbols and tried running gdb and get:
>
>
> curtis-faiths-computer:~/Desktop/eric4-4.0.0 curtis$ gdb python
> install.py
> GNU gdb 6.3.50-20050815 (Apple version gdb-573) (Fri Oct 20 15:50:43
> GMT 2006)
> Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and
> you are
> welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
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> Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> There is absolutely no warranty for GDB.  Type "show warranty" for
> details.
> This GDB was configured as "i386-apple-darwin"...Reading symbols for
> shared libraries .. done
>
> "/Users/curtis/Desktop/eric4-4.0.0/install.py" is not a core dump:
> File format not recognized
> (gdb) run
> Starting program: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/
> bin/python
> Reading symbols for shared libraries . done
>
> Program received signal SIGTRAP, Trace/breakpoint trap.
> 0x8fe01010 in __dyld__dyld_start ()
> (gdb)
>
> The bt command results in only the single entry for
> __dyld__dyld_start ()
>
> This appears to be the call to dynamically load a shared library on
> Darwin as best I can tell.
>
> I placed print statements inside install.py to find out that the
> following call:
>
> 	qtMajor = int(qVersion().split('.')[0])
>
> is causing the Bus Error. Specifically the call to "qVersion()". This
> tells me that there is probably something wrong with the PyQt
> installation or SIP but I have no idea what it might be or how to
> proceed.
>
> Does anyone have any idea how I can figure out what might be causing
> this problem?
>
> - Curtis
>
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