Re: [pygame] "import pygame" crashes with svn build

[Lorenz Quack <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I believe __x86_64__ is correct, but it is not only SDL_HasSSE but also SDL_HasMMX that is causing trouble
because both (amongst others) internally call the SDL function CPU_getCPUIDFeatures which is the culprit.

//Lorenz


Lenard Lindstrom wrote:
> Didn't work? Then what C macro should be check to determine a 64 bit 
> build. I used __x86_64__ elsewhere, but it is apparently wrong.
>
> Lenard
>
> Lorenz Quack wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > unfortunately Lenards patch didn't help. pygame would still crash.
> > But on the upside the RedHat patch did the trick. With the patched 
> > libsdl the unpatched pygame trunk
> > it installs and imports without problems! Open source for the win :)
> >
> > I also reported this bug to the gentoo bugtracker:
> > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=276092
> >
> > Thanks again for the help guys.
> > //Lorenz
> >
> >
> >
> > René Dudfield wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Looks like SDL_HasSSE is indeed buggy on SDL 64bit systems.
> > >
> > > Seems redhat has a patch for it:
> > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487720
> > >
> > > A patch is here:
> > > http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/SDL/devel/SDL-1.2.13-rh487720.patch?revision=1.1&view=markup 
> > >
> > >
> > > Also there is a patch in SDL 1.3 svn... which is no use to us since
> > > we're still on SDL 1.2.x.  Sam isn't doing another SDL 1.2.x release
> > > for at least another few months.
> > >
> > > I've added a bug with link to patch at the SDL bugzilla:
> > > http://bugzilla.libsdl.org/show_bug.cgi?id=760
> > >
> > >
> > > I think disabling it for now on 64bit systems, with a comment about
> > > this problem is a good idea.  Or perhaps putting an ifdef SDL version
> > > > 1.2.13 would be ok too.