[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-424680 ] distutils module version # not StrictVer
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Bugs item #424680, was updated on 2001-05-16 15:33
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Category: Distutils
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
>Assigned to: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
Summary: distutils module version # not StrictVer
Initial Comment:
There is a fairly detailed definition in the distutils
module (in version.py) about valid (or Strict) version
numbers. However the version number of the distutils
module does not conform to this numbering scheme.
Specifically
Python 2.1 (#15, Apr 16 2001, 18:25:49) [MSC 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
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>>> import distutils
>>> distutils.__version__
'1.0.2pre'
>>> from distutils.version import StrictVersion
>>> StrictVersion(distutils.__version__)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "c:\program files\python21
\lib\distutils\version.py", line 42, in __init__
self.parse(vstring)
File "c:\program files\python21
\lib\distutils\version.py", line 109, in parse
raise ValueError, "invalid version number '%s'" %
vstring
ValueError: invalid version number '1.0.2pre'
>>>
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