"Is there some .py file in your install directory that matches the name of an app you have listed in installed apps?"
I think this was the problem. Thanks!! On Jun 11, 11:37 am, Karen Tracey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:11 AM, Stodge <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm writing an install script that resides in django_project/install > > and one of things it does, is programmatically run syncdb. My current > > code for this is correct if I do: > > > cd .. > > python > > import os > > os.environ["DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE"]="settings" > > from django.core.management import call_command > > call_command('syncdb', interactive=False) > > > If I copy this code into my installer, or indeed do the same as above, > > but inside the django_project/install directory it fails: > > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/ > > __init__.py", line 166, in call_command > > return klass.execute(*args, **defaults) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/ > > base.py", line 221, in execute > > self.validate() > > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/ > > base.py", line 249, in validate > > num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/management/ > > validation.py", line 28, in get_validation_errors > > for (app_name, error) in get_app_errors().items(): > > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/loading.py", > > line 145, in get_app_errors > > self._populate() > > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/loading.py", > > line 60, in _populate > > self.load_app(app_name, True) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/models/loading.py", > > line 82, in load_app > > if not module_has_submodule(app_module, 'models'): > > File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/utils/ > > module_loading.py", line 14, in module_has_submodule > > for entry in package.__path__: # No __path__, then not a package. > > AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute '__path__' > > > I've tried adding the project's path to sys.path, but that doesn't > > make a difference. Is there a way to do this from a sub-directory? > > You need to ensure the python path in effect when this code runs from your > installer is correct. Based on the error, it does not appear to be. The > error implies that something listed in INSTALLED_APPS is being found, but it > is not a package. Apparently what is being found when you run the code from > the shell is different from what is being found when you run the code in the > installer, and the likely cause of the difference is a different Python > path. > > The first item in your PYTHONPATH will be the current directory. Is there > some .py file in your install directory that matches the name of an app you > have listed in installed apps? That could lead to this problem, if your > installer code is running with a current directory of your install > directory. > > Note there is a ticket open on this error situation > (http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/13603). In older versions of Django > this oddity of having a non-package listed in INSTALLED_APPS was just > ignored. In your case I doubt the "fix" of simply ignoring whatever app is > causing the problem would likely not be helpful, since I'm guessing some > tables your installer should create would not be created. However the error > message could be more helpful. > > Karen > --http://tracey.org/kmt/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
