dl + getenv (without arguments) = segfault (python2.p2, python2.3)

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Xavier

Greetings,

While messing around with the "dl" module I ran into a segfault.

*DO NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING OCCURED ON 2 OF MY LINUX WORKSTATIONS*
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# python -c 'import dl; a=dl.open("libc.so.6"); print a.call("getenv")'

or while in the interpreter:

import dl

a=dl.open("libc.so.6")
print a.call("getenv")
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After discussing the issue with a counterpart, and thinking logically in
the case of getenv(const char *name) -- the call segfaults because of the
missing *name, variable. Now, my problem is not with the obvious.. but
with the fact that Python segfaulted instead of raising an exception or
returning 0 (in the case of my netbsd box with: Python 2.3 (#1, Aug 6
2003, 00:29:47)//[GCC 2.95.3 20010315 (release) (NetBSD nb3)] on netbsd1).

Thanks, and sorry if this issue has been brought up already.

Here is the full log from all 3 machines I tested it on:

#1
--> python
Python 2.3 (#1, Aug 6 2003, 00:29:47)
[GCC 2.95.3 20010315 (release) (NetBSD nb3)] on netbsd1
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.0

#2
sabu@culprit:/root$ python
Python 2.2.3+ (#1, Jul 5 2003, 11:04:18)
[GCC 3.3.1 20030626 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.Segmentation fault
sabu@culprit:/root$

#3
root@tixdev:~# python2.2
Python 2.2.3+ (#1, Jul 5 2003, 11:04:18)
[GCC 3.3.1 20030626 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.Segmentation fault
root@tixdev:~#

--Xavier.
 

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