Backport python-psycopg2 2.0.7 to hardy?

[Roel van Os]

Binary package hint: python-psycopg2

I'm using python-psycopg2 to develop a database-driven GUI application (using SQLAlchemy).

I've had some crash issues that seem to be related to python-psycopg2 when making database connections. glibc complains about corrupted memory just before crashing, which seems to indicate some malloc/free problems. In psycopg2's changelog I found that some changes have been made to malloc/free usage for version 2.0.7. I tested with python-psycopg2 2.0.7 from intrepid: the crashes no longer happen.

Could python-psycopg2 2.0.7 be backported to hardy?

Ubuntu 8.04
python-psycopg2 2.0.6-3

[Roel van Os (roel-van-os)]

I forgot to mention: I'm using the 32 bit version of Ubuntu.

[Roel van Os (roel-van-os)]

Error message attached (running Python in debug mode from Eclipse)

[James Henstridge (jamesh)]

If a backport is going to be done, I'd recommend 2.0.8 -- there is a crasher in the error handling in 2.0.7.

[shilbert (sebastian-hilbert)]

For GNUmed this backport is needed as well. see wiki.gnumed.de

We have tested it with 2.0.7 and the 'unable to parse time' error is fixed.

Sebastian

[Allan MacKinnon (theforkofjustice)]

(I remember the malloc error! How nostalgic...)

I agree with Sebastian. This will have to be backported if I am to make a Hardy-based version of my Linux For Clinics distribution. I need GNUmed to be able to work and the tools I use to remaster aren't Intrepid-ready. It would be problematic to have to skip straight to an Intrepid release.

[WJHildreth (xavier-gtec)]

I would like to see a backport as well. This bug prevents me from providing a GNUmed solution to my small rural hospital.

[Roel van Os (roel-van-os)]

As a workaround, you can use the version from intrepid: http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/python-psycopg2
This package installs on Hardy as well. You have to install it manually though.

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Backports requests should be assigned to the backports project.