[Tutor] Improper import

Lloyd Kvam pythontutor at venix.com
Sat Sep 6 12:53:35 EDT 2003


Actually that was not the correct linkage to suggest.  Could
Mailbox.py gotten linked to mailbox.py in the Mailman directory??

Lloyd Kvam wrote:

> My mailman installation contains the files you describe, but without
> the confusion.  Could ln have been used to link mailbox.py into the
> Mailman directory??
> 
> Michael Montagne wrote:
> 
>> I'm having an issue with Mailman.  There is a file called Mailbox.py 
>> in the Mailman directory that calls "import mailbox".  It is supposed
>> to import /usr/lib/python2.2/mailbox.py.  Instead, it imports itself.
>> It appears to not be respecting the case-sensitivity.  I can run "vim
>> /var/lib/mailman/Mailman/mailbox.py" and edit the file that is called
>> "/var/lib/mailman/Mailman/Mailbox.py"
>>  
>> What in the world can cause something like that?
> 
> 

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