Re: [rox-users] Weird python Errors on 0Install.

[raid517 <ra...@uk...>]

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

Mmm I guess I should report this as a bug somewhere...

Perhaps I should kick it upstairs to the gentoo devs and they can pass 
it on to whoever is responsible for dealing with it?

GJ

Ken Hayber wrote:
> raid517 wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In any case when I do 'echo $PATH' this is the output I get:
>>>>
>>>> # echo $PATH
>>>> /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
>>> OK, nothing strange there.  I half expected to see 
>>> '/usr/lib/python24.zip' in there.
>>>> One thing I have noticed that I do find odd (although it is 
>>>> possible that it isn't relevant) is that when compiling libraries 
>>>> by hand (even as root) that they tend to get placed in 
>>>> /usr/local/lib rather than in /usr/lib - which is the more 
>>>> traditional location for libraries of this type. Again though I am 
>>>> not certain why this is, or even if it is in any way relevant to 
>>>> the issue I am experiencing here.
>>>
>>> /usr/local is where software installed by the user/admin, but that 
>>> did not come from the distribution, goes.
>>> Most GNU (autoconf) software has a --prefix= option during 
>>> ./configure that defines this, so you can force things wherever you 
>>> want.
>>>
>>> The point is to keep stuff you install separate from what the distro 
>>> installs.  /opt is also sometimes used for this, tho /opt has other 
>>> specific reasons for being there.  Nothing installed by emerge 
>>> should ever go there - unless you have created a portage overlay.
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyway, the only other thing I can suggest is trying to modify that 
>>> pygtk.py file to print out some debug messages to try and track down 
>>> what's wrong.  If you send the file I can make some suggestions.
>>
>>
>> Thanks I will be happy to do as you ask. Please see requested file 
>> attached.
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> GJ
> OK, I can repro this here with just that file.  AFAICS this is 
> flat-out just a bug in pygtk 2.8.6 and/or Gentoo.  Fix is easy if you 
> dare.  Edit that file as root (of course, the next update will 
> probably overwrite this):
>
> before line 34
>        for filename in os.listdir(dir):
>
> add the next two lines
>        if not os.path.isdir(dir):
>            continue
>        for filename in os.listdir(dir):
>
> Otherwise, drop back to 2.8.2 or something.
>
> HTH,
>
> Ken
>
>
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