I gave you the work around 2 months ago... the python code is broken, their default doesn't default...
echo 'getpass = default_getpass' >> /sys/lib/python/getpass.py > Ow, that hurt, did it not? > > Basically, it found getpass, did not find termios, then went looking > for some MS VC runtime. Yuck. > > The code (getpass.py): > # Bind the name getpass to the appropriate function > try: > import termios > # it's possible there is an incompatible termios from the > # McMillan Installer, make sure we have a UNIX-compatible termios > termios.tcgetattr, termios.tcsetattr > except (ImportError, AttributeError): > try: > import msvcrt > except ImportError: > try: > from EasyDialogs import AskPassword > except ImportError: > getpass = default_getpass > else: > getpass = AskPassword > else: > getpass = win_getpass > else: > getpass = unix_getpass > > Wow, that hurt too. > > So, it's trying to get a password, as it is an https import, so it > pulls in getpass, which pulls in termios, and it's failing, and the > only reasonable thing to do when you can't find a unix package is to > try to use an MS VC runtime package and, when that fails, bail out > with one of the worst error messages one can imagine. > > Wow, GRRoss. > > Anyway, that is why you get that utterly useless error message: > because you're not unix. It just tells you that the error is that you > are not windows. Clear? > > ron > > -- Federico G. Benavento
