[Python-Dev] Should 2to3 convert Exceptions from

[anatoly techtonik]

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 11:26 PM, Lennart Regebro <regebro at gmail.com> wrote:
> Switched from python-dev to python-porting.
>
> On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 9:48 PM, anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I work offline from remote location about 2000m above the sea level. There
>> is no internet connection here, so I can not use tracker online. I need a
>> Python editor here, and I have Spyder checkout. The problem is that my
>> installation has only Python3. I've tried using 2to3 from setup.py
>> (attached), but it fails when I execute:
>>
>> $ sudo python3 setup.py install
>>
>> stderr.log and stdout.log are attached. Is it the intended behavior?
>> It is also hard find "Porting Python 2 Code to Python 3" article, because it
>> is not referenced from "Porting to Python 3.x" chapters.
>
> 2to3 has not been run on the code that gives you errors. The traceback
> seems incomplete, and gives no indication of where in the install you
> get the errors. From the stdout it seems like it just installs the
> code without using 2to3.
>
> The only idea I have at this moment i sto make sure that the build
> directories are empty.

Removing build/ directory helped indeed. I wonder why it doesn't
remove them automatically? IIRC there is no incremental build support.
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anatoly t.