My 'time' module is broken, unsure of cause

[Gary Herron]

darren kirby wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a strange error here and I am unsure how to further investigate it:
>
> Python 2.4.4 (#1, Aug 23 2007, 10:51:29)
> [GCC 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2)] on linux2
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>   
>>>> import time
>>>>         
> 40:42:0
>   
>>>> now = time.time()
>>>>         
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'time'
>   
You probably has a file named time.py in your current directory, and it
is *that* file you are importing.
(Run Python with a "-v" option to see what file "import time" is
actually importing.)
> Notice the '40:42:0' that always gets output. I searched Gentoo's bugzilla but 
> can not see anything relevant. I rebuilt python but the behavior recurs. I am 
> unsure if the issue is with Python, Gentoo, or perhaps with the underlying 
> lib (presumably glibc) that Python uses for the time module. This is working 
> fine on another machine (also 2.4.4, GCC 3.4.6,  Gentoo Hardened).
>
> Anyone seen this? Any hints for me to track this issue down? Any further 
> information I could provide?
>
> Thanks for consideration,
> -d
>