[issue7180] pydoc -k can generate AttributeError on Mac OS X

[Ronald Oussoren]

Ronald Oussoren ronaldousso...@mac.com added the comment:

The problem occurs in two occassions:

1) python was configured/built without the Carbon bindings (such
  as the copy that Apple ships)

2) python was build in 64-bit mode

In both cases Carbon.File does not have an FSSpec type.

Luckily this has already been fixed (r74681 in the 2.6 branch, and an 
earlier revision on the trunk).  The fix is in 2.6.4.

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resolution:  - accepted
status: open - closed

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[issue7180] pydoc -k can generate AttributeError on Mac OS X

[Kevin Grant]

New submission from Kevin Grant k...@mac.com:

Running pydoc -k ... with a query string will end with a Python 
AttributeError while looking for Carbon.File.FSSpecType.

I was using /usr/bin/pydoc on Mac OS X Snow Leopard, which is from Python 2.6.1.

It appears that any query will produce a similar error, but here is one case:

  % pydoc -k example
  xxsubtype - xxsubtype is an example module showing how to subtype builtin 
types from C.
  doctest - Module doctest -- a framework for running examples in docstrings.
  Traceback (most recent call last):
File /usr/bin/pydoc2.6, line 7, in module
  pydoc.cli()
File 
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/pydoc.py,
 line 2216, in cli
  apropos(val)
File 
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/pydoc.py,
 line 1911, in apropos
  ModuleScanner().run(callback, key)
File 
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/pydoc.py,
 line 1876, in run
  for importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.walk_packages(onerror=onerror):
File 
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/pkgutil.py,
 line 110, in walk_packages
  __import__(name)
File 
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/plat-mac/lib-
scriptpackages/CodeWarrior/__init__.py, line 8, in module
  import aetools
File 
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/plat-mac/aetools.py,
 line 36, in module
  from aepack import packkey, pack, unpack, coerce, AEDescType
File 
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/lib/python2.6/plat-mac/aepack.py,
 line 61, in module
  FSSType = Carbon.File.FSSpecType
  AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'FSSpecType'



A solution would appear to be as follows:

Since Carbon.File no longer defines FSSpecType, perhaps aepack.py should no 
longer support it.  This would require removing 
the definition from aepack.py:61, as well as the case in the pack() routine (at 
aepack.py:88-89) that uses FSSType.

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assignee: ronaldoussoren
components: Macintosh
messages: 94307
nosy: kmgrant, ronaldoussoren
severity: normal
status: open
title: pydoc -k can generate AttributeError on Mac OS X
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6

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