"ImportError: No module named sax.saxutils"

[Robert Collins]

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 16:15 +1100, Martin Pool wrote:
> On 20 Jan 2006, Robert Collins <robertc at robertcollins.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 16:03 +1100, Martin Pool wrote:
> > > If you install the current bzr 0.7-fixes over an existing installation
> > > you may get this error.  The problem is that we renamed bzrlib.xml to
> > > allow access to the python top-level namespace called 'xml', but there
> > > may still be a .pyc or .pyo file installed. 
> > > 
> > > I had previously left John's renaming of xml_serializer in place, but I
> > > think given we're pulling out the bug it fixes I'll revert that too.
> > > 
> > > After 0.7 we should rename that module, and people will need to just
> > > remove the bzrlib installation before installing a new one.  (Which is a
> > > pretty good practice anyhow.)
> > 
> > When I first read this I was confused. But I realise you mean in the
> > installed copy.. does distutils have a 'uninstall' mode ?
> 
> Actually it can also happen in your source tree if you pull or merge,
> because the xml.pyc will still be there.  (Python sucks sometimes.)

Well thats why I do make clean after every pull or merge.

> distutils doesn't have an 'uninstall', but if it did it probably
> wouldn't help a lot because we need to uninstall the old version.

Well, it could record a manifest of the installed files to remove. Still
its an expected thing with (for instance) automake that you uninstall
with the same source as you installed.

Rob
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