[Python-Dev] rename of ConfigParser module?

[Nick Coghlan]

Mark Hammond wrote:
> Trying to build pywin32 from the trunk, I see:
> 
> from distutils.config import PyPIRCCommand
>   File "C:\src\python-svn\lib\distutils\config.py", line 8, in <module>
> from ConfigParser import ConfigParser
> ImportError: No module named ConfigParser
> 
> Digging a little deeper, I see:
> 
> |r63242 | alexandre.vassalotti | 2008-05-15 08:07:07 +1000 (Thu, 15 May
> 2008) | 2 lines
> |
> |Renamed the ConfigParser module to 'configparser'.
> 
> Is there something I've missed?

My money would be on the warning from the build process that 
Modules/Setup.dist is newer than Modules/Setup :)

To keep NTFS and any other case insensitive filesystems from choking on 
module renames which only differ by case, the old names have been moved 
to the lib-old directory. You need the newer Setup file to get that 
directory to appear in sys.path.

(Hmm, is changing Modules/Setup enough to sort the Windows build out as 
well? Or does that need a separate change to some of the Visual Studio 
files?)

Cheers,
Nick.

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