[New-bugs-announce] [issue6727] ImportError when package is symlinked on Windows

[Jason R. Coombs]

New submission from Jason R. Coombs <jaraco at jaraco.com>:

Python reports an import error, even when a valid package exists on
sys.path, if that package is a symlink directory and would otherwise be
importable.

The attached test script demonstrates the limitation on Python 2.6.2 and
3.1.0.

I suspect that the underlying import routines have some assumptions
about the file system that exclude symlinked directories.

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components: Interpreter Core, Windows
files: test_import_symlink_package.py
messages: 91699
nosy: jaraco
severity: normal
status: open
title: ImportError when package is symlinked on Windows
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6, Python 3.1
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file14741/test_import_symlink_package.py

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