Webb Sprague wrote:

This may be un-reproducible, and it does NOT happen within ipython shell, but I am getting the backtrace below when trying to import scipy within my application. I would guess it has to do with the very outdated ebuild of mod_python, (see the gentoo bug: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123852), but just in case anybody has any quick fixes, please let me know.

I have restarted Apache numerous times to make sure there isn't some weird cache thing going on (the source of most of my phantom bug reports). Scipy 0.3.2 does not have this problem.

Backtrace follows. (6), with LcUtil.py, is where it tries to import and errors out.

Mod_python error: "PythonHandler mod_python.publisher"

Traceback (most recent call last):

(1) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 299, in HandlerDispatch result = object(req)

(2) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/publisher.py", line 98, in handler path=[path])

(3) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 457, in import_module module = imp.load_module(mname, f, p, d)

(4) File "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/larry/lc.py", line 32, in ? import LcSinglePopObject

(5) File "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/larry/LcSinglePopObject.py", line 40, in ? import LcUtil

(6) File "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/larry/LcUtil.py", line 8, in ? import scipy as S

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/scipy/__init__.py", line 18, in ? import pkg_resources as _pr # activate namespace packages (manipulates __path__)

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2347, in ? working_set = WorkingSet()

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 343, in __init__ self.add_entry(entry)

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 358, in add_entry for dist in find_distributions(entry, True):

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1450, in find_distributions importer = get_importer(path_item)

File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1407, in get_importer importer = hook(path_item)

TypeError: zipimporter() argument 1 must be string, not builtin_function_or_method

It looks like this is an issue with setuptools which provides pkg_resources.py. You may want to ask on the Distutils-SIG mailing list. In the meantime, you can just delete try: except: suite. It's not necessary if you aren't using namespace package eggs. -- Robert Kern robert.kern@gmail.com "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco