On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:28:10PM -0700, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: > Hi, > > I just wanted to type "git status" in my Linux terminal but I made a > typo and I got a long Python 3.3 traceback message. Just curious: What > does it mean?
Unless this was at the Python prompt, it's not really a Python question. It's a question about your Linux installation, and why "gigt" ends up calling Python. Start with: man gigt which gigt locate gigt to try to identify what it is. If nothing relevant comes up, that suggests that your Linux system is set up to try to help when you mistype a command. E.g. on one Ubuntu system, I get this: steve@flora:~$ gigt No command 'gigt' found, did you mean: Command 'gitg' from package 'gitg' (universe) Command 'gist' from package 'yorick' (universe) Command 'gift' from package 'gnuift' (universe) Command 'git' from package 'git-core' (main) gigt: command not found I don't know the technology behind this feature, but it may be built using Python. That explains why you're going a Python traceback. Which implies that you've broken the system Python. Very few Linux distros use Python 3.3 as their system Python. Your error suggests that you've replaced the expected Python installation, probably 2.7, with 3.3 instead of installing in parallel. That's not a good idea. You can test this by su'ing to some user other than yourself, to ensure you have a clean environment, and then run python -V to see the version. If I do this as both the "steve" and "root" users, you can see I get two different versions: [steve@ando ~]$ python -V Python 2.7.2 [steve@ando ~]$ su - Password: [root@ando ~]# python -V Python 2.4.3 That's because the "steve" user has a line in my .bashrc file that sets an alias python=python2.7, while the system Python on this machine is Python 2.4. Last but not least, the error message you get hints that your Python 3.3 installation may be broken. What happens if you try to run it normally? The error ends with: > File "/usr/lib/python3.3/sysconfig.py", line 403, in _init_posix > from _sysconfigdata import build_time_vars > File "/usr/lib/python3.3/_sysconfigdata.py", line 6, in <module> > from _sysconfigdata_m import * > ImportError: No module named '_sysconfigdata_m' If you can reliably reproduce this error, it should be reported as a bug. Assuming you didn't break it yourself :-) I note that in my version of Python 3.3, line 6 of _sysconfigdata is not an import, and the line "from _sysconfigdata_m import *" does not exist anywhere in the file. -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor