[ python-Bugs-1291662 ] Installation of waste by MacPython installer

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Bugs item #1291662, was opened at 2005-09-15 08:44
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Category: Macintosh
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Out of Date
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Freek Dijkstra (macfreek)
Assigned to: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Summary: Installation of waste by MacPython installer

Initial Comment:
Hi,

I just installed MacPython 2.3 (on my Mac with Tiger 10.4), and 
found that the IDE did not launch with this error in the console.log:
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/Applications/MacPython/PythonIDE.app/      Contents/Resources/PythonIDE.py", line 58, in ?
     import PythonIDEMain as _PythonIDEMain
   File "/Applications/MacPython/PythonIDE.app/      Contents/Resources/PythonIDEMain.py", line 7, in ?
     import W
   File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/      Versions/2.3/Mac/Tools/IDE/W.py", line 7, in ?
     from Wtext import *
   File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/      Versions/2.3/Mac/Tools/IDE/Wtext.py", line 6, in ?
     import waste
ImportError: No module named waste

(included line-breaks for readability).

The problem was solved relatively easy: I noticed that 
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3/lib/
python2.3/site-packages points to /Library/Python/2.3/site-
packages/
but that waste.so was installed (apparently by the MacPython 2.3) 
installer in /Library/Python/2.3/.

mv /Library/Python/2.3/waste.so /Library/Python/2.3/site-
packages/
did solve the problem, and PythonIDE did launch.

Is this a bug in the installer?
Perhaps the aforementioned symbolic link changed from 
/Library/Python/2.3/ to /Library/Python/2.3/site-packages/ since 
the release of 10.4.

Kind regards,
Freek Dijkstra

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>Comment By: Jack Jansen (jackjansen)
Date: 2005-09-15 12:20

Message:
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This is a known problem with 2.3. It is fixed with MacPython 2.3.5, which 
you can find on the "pre-production builds" of the MacPython homepage.

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