#37105: pydoc2.7 -g fails due to a Tkinter error ------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: victor.glazer@… | Owner: macports-tickets@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.1.2 Keywords: python tk pydoc | Port: python27 py27-tkinter tk tkinter | ------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- `pydoc -g` fails for me with the following error: {{{ Exception in thread Thread-1: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 551, in __bootstrap_inner self.run() File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/threading.py", line 504, in run self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pydoc.py", line 2081, in serve DocServer(port, callback).serve_until_quit() File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pydoc.py", line 2063, in __init__ self.base.__init__(self, self.address, self.handler) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/SocketServer.py", line 409, in __init__ self.server_activate() File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pydoc.py", line 2074, in server_activate if self.callback: self.callback(self) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/pydoc.py", line 2164, in ready text='Python documentation server at\n' + server.url) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7 /lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1202, in configure return self._configure('configure', cnf, kw) File "/opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7 /lib-tk/Tkinter.py", line 1193, in _configure self.tk.call(_flatten((self._w, cmd)) + self._options(cnf)) TclError: out of stack space (infinite loop?) }}} I am running version 2.1.2 of MacPorts on OS X 10.6.8: {{{ sudo port version Version: 2.1.2 uname -a Darwin Victors-MacBook-Pro.local 10.8.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:33:36 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 }}} I have the following versions of `python27`, `py27-tkinter` and `tk` installed: {{{ sudo port installed python27 py27-tkinter tk The following ports are currently installed: py27-tkinter @2.7.3_0 (active) python27 @2.7.3_1+universal (active) tk @8.5.13_0+quartz (active) }}} Poking around online suggests that compiling `tk` from source with `--enable-threads` might resolve the issue, but is there a better way? Thank you for your help. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/37105> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS