On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 4:49 PM, David Brown <dmlb2...@gmail.com> wrote: > So I'm not subscribed to python-list but would like to get an answer > to my question. I've made a small test program that dumps a > RuntimeError and I'd like to know why. > > $ python test2.py > doing stuff > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "test2.py", line 3, in <module> > import test > RuntimeError: not holding the import lock > child 3693 exited with 256 > $ > > Here's the setup, there's two files test.py and test2.py > > $ cat test.py > #!/usr/bin/python > > import os, sys > > if os.fork() == 0: > print "doing stuff" > sys.exit() > > print "child %d exited with %d" % os.wait()
It's *quite* strange for a module that's being imported to execute a fork() in its body; this is almost assuredly the cause of the RuntimeError. Why are you fork()ing in an importable module in the first place? Cheers, Chris -- http://blog.rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
