[Image-SIG] AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_safe_read'

[Fredrik Lundh]

Bernhard Barkow wrote:

> I'm having a serious problem with the Python Image Library: it
> compiles fine with JPEG support, and passes the selftest.py (55
> tests), but whenever I try to open a JPEG file, I receive an error
> (AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_safe_read'; see
> below).
> I use Python 2.3.5 and libjpeg62 (Debian 3.1), PIL 1.1.5 (no Freetype2).
> Do you have any hints how I can overcome this?

looks like a version mixup.  make sure you don't have older ImageFile
modules lying around...

</F>

> ...# pilfile.py -v logo2.jpg
> logo2.jpg failed: unexpected error
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/bin/pilfile.py", line 75, in ?
>      im = Image.open(file)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PIL/Image.py", line 1556,
> in open
>      return factory(fp, filename)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PIL/ImageFile.py", line 78,
> in __init__
>      self._open()
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py",
> line 270, in _open
>      handler(self, i)
>    File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/PIL/JpegImagePlugin.py",
> line 56, in APP
>      s = ImageFile._safe_read(self.fp, n)
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '_safe_read'