downloaded python-2.4.2 under redhat Linux 9

python


>>> import time
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named time
>>> import math
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named math
>>>


Haven't checked many more  modules

didn't notice any errors in ./config, make, or make
install.

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Can you re-run make and see if there are errors?  Is there
anything in your PYTHONPATH environment variable?  We will
need more information in order to attempt to debug this.

Do the .so files exist under build/lib*2.4/ ?

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Attached a file with edited log  showing problem.

george

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I did a make clean, ./configure, make, and make install with
no improvements. 

Here is the contnts of  the file previously attached.  I
think it answers the questions.

.:/usr/local/lib/python2.4/:/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/
PYTHON PATH seems OK

[root@localhost Python-2.4.2]# echo $PYTHONPATH
.:/usr/local/lib/python2.4/:/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/
[root@localhost Python-2.4.2]#



There were some warning during make:

[root@localhost Python-2.4.2]# make >makeInfo
libpython2.4.a(posixmodule.o)(.text+0x39e0): In function
`posix_tmpnam':
Modules/posixmodule.c:6159: the use of `tmpnam_r' is
dangerous, better use `mkstemp'
libpython2.4.a(posixmodule.o)(.text+0x3952): In function
`posix_tempnam':
Modules/posixmodule.c:6114: the use of `tempnam' is
dangerous, better use `mkstemp'
/home/george/downloads/Python/Python-2.4.2/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_iso2022.c:
In function `iso2022_encode':
/home/george/downloads/Python/Python-2.4.2/Modules/cjkcodecs/_codecs_iso2022.c:207:
warning: passing arg 1 of pointer to function from
incompatible pointer type[root@localhost Python-2.4.2]#

time.so and math.so exist under build/lib*2.4

[root@localhost Python-2.4.2]# find / -name 'math.so'
/usr/local/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/math.so
/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/Python-2.3.4/build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/math.so
/home/george/.kde/share/usr/local/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/math.so
/home/george/downloads/Python/Python-2.4.2/build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/math.so

[root@localhost Python-2.4.2]# find / -name 'time.so'
/usr/local/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/time.so
/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/Python-2.3.4/build/lib.linux-i686-2.3/time.so
/home/george/.kde/share/usr/local/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/time.so
/home/george/downloads/Python/Python-2.4.2/build/lib.linux-i686-2.4/time.so
[root@localhost Python-2.4.2]#

The problem still persists:

[root@localhost Python-2.4.2]#
[root@localhost Python-2.4.2]# python
Python 2.4.2 (#5, Oct 10 2005, 07:52:32)
[GCC 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.
>>> import time
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named time
>>> import math
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named math
>>> import sys
>>> import datetime
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named datetime
>>> import rand
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
ImportError: No module named rand
>>>

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The files (time.so, math.so) look like they are installed
where they should be.  What is your LD_LIBRARY_PATH?  Does
it work as a normal user (not root)?  ls -l
/usr/local/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/math.so ?

Finally, this is the most likely to help you resolve the
problem, run strace.  strace will show where python is
trying to load math.so and should indicate what error is
occurring.  Hopefully, that will point out the real problem.

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ran strace and the source was staring at me in two
uncorrelated places;

1)
PYTHONPATH 
.:/usr/local/lib/python2.4/:/usr/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages/
2)
[root@localhost Python-2.4.2]# find / -name 'time.so'
/usr/local/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload/time.so

appending '/usr/local/lib/python2.4/lib-dynload' resolved
the problem

thanks for the hint

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Ok, closing this report then.  If you think there is
something Python should do differently, please re-open this
bug and provide details about what it's doing and what you
expect.