FWIW, this isn't at all Mac OS X specific.. $ uname -rs && pwd && ./python -c "import sys; print sys.path" FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE /usr/home/bob/src/python/:colon 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback ['', '/usr/local/lib/python25.zip', '/usr/home/bob/src/python/', 'colon/../Lib/', '/usr/home/bob/src/python/', 'colon/../Lib/plat- freebsd6', '/usr/home/bob/src/python/', 'colon/../Lib/lib-tk', '/usr/ home/bob/src/python/', 'colon/Modules']
The issue is of course that all this code is happening in C and expecting ':' as the delimiter. Modules/getpath.c probably should be refactored to use PyObject* ASAP, rather than doing it last. -bob On Jun 14, 2006, at 8:18 AM, Bob Ippolito wrote: > python itself needs to be in a directory containing a colon. > > bump:~/src/python/:colon bob$ ./python.exe -c "import sys; print > sys.path" > 'import site' failed; use -v for traceback > ['', '/usr/local/lib/python25.zip', '/Users/bob/src/python/', > 'colon/../Lib/', '/Users/bob/src/python/', 'colon/../Lib/plat- > darwin', '/Users/bob/src/python/', 'colon/../Lib/plat-mac', '/Users/ > bob/src/python/', 'colon/../Lib/plat-mac/lib-scriptpackages', '/Users/ > bob/src/python/', 'colon/../Lib/lib-tk', '/Users/bob/src/python/', > 'colon/Modules'] > > -bob > > On Jun 14, 2006, at 2:51 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote: > >> Could either of you file a bug about this (the sys.path mangling >> when there's a colon in the directory that contains the executable) >> on python's SF tracker? Preferably including decription of how to >> reproduce this. >> >> Bob, I've created a directory 'test:dir' and added a script named >> 'test.py' in that directory that prints sys.path. If I run 'python >> test:dir/test.py' sys.path[0] looks correct (including the colon in >> test:dir). >> >> Ronald >> >> On Wednesday, June 14, 2006, at 10:21AM, Bob Ippolito >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> On Jun 12, 2006, at 4:52 PM, Bob Swerdlow wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, our app is using py2app 0.2.1 and we've been quite happy with >>>> it - >>>> thanks! >>>> >>>> However, we have found that it crashes if the application is >>>> started in a >>>> folder whose name contains a colon. Of course, the Finder does not >>>> allow >>>> the user to use a colon in file names, but other applications do. >>>> According >>>> to the user: >>> >>> In Carbon APIs, these colons are represented by '/' (the POSIX path >>> delimiter)... from Finder (and I think also at the lowest level HFS+ >>> APIs), that path looks like "6/10/06". Anything using the POSIX APIs >>> is going to see "6:10:06" though. >>> >>>> Is this a known problem? Is there a work-around? >>> >>> It's a problem with Python actually, which persists even in the >>> trunk. Probably because a colon is often treated as a delimiter >>> for a >>> list of paths (such as the PATH or PYTHONPATH environment >>> variables). >>> If you run Python from a path containing ':' and look at sys.path, >>> you'll see that the paths that would've contained a colon are >>> mangled. I'm not sure where this happens and I don't have time to >>> track it down at the moment. >>> >>> It won't be possible to work around this without patching the Python >>> interpreter. For now you'll just have to tell your users Don't Do >>> That. I can only think of two workarounds: >>> (1) just tell the user that they can't run the app from a path >>> containing a ":" in a relatively friendly manner (could be done in >>> the py2app bootstrap). >>> (2) make a symlink somewhere from the py2app bootstrap if a ":" >>> is in >>> the working directory and re-exec. >>> >>> I'm unlikely to do either of those things any time soon, but patches >>> are accepted. If you come up with a patch for Python, file it on >>> sourceforge and shoot a message referencing it here and someone will >>> definitely apply it. I'd hurry up though, because Python 2.5 is >>> pretty far along. >>> >>> -bob >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig _______________________________________________ Pythonmac-SIG maillist - Pythonmac-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pythonmac-sig
