[mod_python] patch to use Py_SetProgramName()

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 02:59:46PM -0500, Graham Dumpleton wrote:
> On 27/03/2008, Glen W. Mabey <Glen.Mabey at swri.org> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >  I started getting some weird crashes of mod_python when I started using
> >  it on a ubuntu box.
> >
> >  I'm attaching a patch for version 3.3.1 which isn't properly integrated
> >  with the configure script and the Makefile, but I hope it makes sense.
> 
> Sorry, you will need to explain properly the problem you claim this fixes.

Fair enough.  The error in the log file looks like this:


[Wed Mar 26 13:57:19 2008] [error] [client 129.162.166.114] PythonHandler mod_python.cgihandler:   File "random.py", line 43, in <module>\n    from math import log as _log, exp as _exp, pi as _pi, e as _e, ceil as _ceil
[Wed Mar 26 13:57:19 2008] [error] [client 129.162.166.114] PythonHandler mod_python.cgihandler: ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload/math.so: undefined symbol: PyFPE_jbuf


So, I realized that somehow it was starting to use a different python
than what I had specified via --with-python in configure.  That is, I
had done all I could to make it so that mod_python used a python
installed into /usr/local/{bin,lib}/, but it was using modules out of
/usr/lib/.  The embedding API now provides a function to precisely
specify which python should be used, as explained at

  http://docs.python.org/api/embedding.html

with the Py_SetProgramName() function.  Since configure is already
getting this value explicitly (when --with-python is used), it seems to
me that it would be desirable to employ this facility instead of letting
Py_Initialize() search around for what it decides is the most
appropriate executable.  

Is that reasonable?

Thank you!
Glen Mabey