brian cole myrdgctempleedu learned specific behavior os x submitted formal bug report apple problem appears documented apple acceptable httpdeveloperapplecomdocumentationdevelopertoolsreferencemachoreferencereferencereferencehtmlapple_refcfuncdlopen whereas linux respect fact gave specific shared library httplinuxdienetman3dlopen provided workaround apple post python patch little scary someone circumvent application setting environment variable brian cole tue apr 8 2008 752 pm michael torrie wrote brian cole wrote appears working correctly first glance argument dlopen correct shared library unfortunately either python os x lying inspect python process os xs activity monitor look open files ports tab shows _fooso shared library actually one located inside dyld_library_path problem may pythons place first shot maybe im using imp module incorrectly sounds like youre going need learn use dtrace closely monitor exactly python loader dtrace complicated borrowed solaris extremely powerful worth learning anyway sounds like probably debugging tool need another thing check python source code see os xspecific code handling type situation httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythonlist _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom fri 25 jul 2008 123731 0600 pythondev python leopard dll hell