diff --git a/share/doc/homebrew/Common-Issues.md b/share/doc/homebrew/Common-Issues.md index c88f52e154..1efc167931 100644 --- a/share/doc/homebrew/Common-Issues.md +++ b/share/doc/homebrew/Common-Issues.md @@ -95,49 +95,6 @@ $ git clean -n # if this doesn't list anything that you want to keep, then $ git clean -f # this will remove untracked files ``` -### Python: `Segmentation fault: 11` on `import ` - -A `Segmentation fault: 11` is in many cases due to a different Python -executable used for building the software vs. the python you use to import the -module. This can even happen when both python executables are the same version -(e.g. 2.7.2). The explanation is that Python packages with C extensions (those -that have `.so` files) are compiled against a certain python binary/library that -may have been built with a different arch (e.g. Apple's python is still not a -pure 64-bit build). Other things can go wrong, too. Welcome to the dirty -underworld of C. - -To solve this, you should remove the problematic formula with those python -bindings and all of its dependencies. - - - `brew rm $(brew deps --installed )` - - `brew rm ` - - Also check the `$(brew --prefix)/lib/python2.7/site-packages` directory and - delete all remains of the corresponding python modules if they were not - cleanly removed by the previous steps. - - Check that `which python` points to the python you want. Perhaps now is the - time to `brew install python`. - - Then reinstall `brew install ` - - Now start `python` and try to `import` the module installed by the - \ - -You can basically use any Python (2.x) for the bindings homebrew provides, but -you can't mix. Homebrew formulae use a brewed Python if available or, if not -so, they use whatever `python` is in your `PATH`. - -### Python: `Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread` - -``` -Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread -Abort trap: 6 -``` - -This happens for `boost-python`, `pygtk`, `pygobject`, and related modules, -for the same reason as described above. To solve this, follow the steps above. - -If `boost` is your problem, note that Boost.Python is now provided by the -`boost-python` formula. Removing any existing `boost` and `boost-python`, -running `brew update`, and installing them anew should fix things. - ### Python: easy-install.pth cannot be linked ``` Warning: Could not link . Unlinking...