Many thanks Anthony I really do appreciate your input (and efforts) and thank you for submitting a pull request to fix it.
Kind Regards Ben On 13 September 2017 at 16:58, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, it's a bug. I have submitted a pull request to fix it: > https://github.com/web2py/web2py/pull/1763. > > For now, "Pack compiled" will not work because compiled views will not be > executed in apps containing only compiled files. As a temporary workaround, > you can compile an app and then pack the whole app (not just the compiled > files). In that case, the compiled views will be executed, but the > non-compiled views need to be present (the problem is that the code checks > for the existence of the non-compiled view even though it will ultimately > execute the compiled view). > > Anthony > > > On Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at 4:45:44 AM UTC-4, > benjaminato...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Hi Anthony >> >> Many thanks for your response. >> >> As I mentioned to Dave S above, I deliberately (and specifically) chose >> this example of downloading the MacOs version (for Normal Users) directly >> from the web2py website and compiling - and then reloading - the 'Welcome' >> application to demonstrate the problem as simply and clearly as I thought >> possible. >> >> I therefore tried to - tautology alert! - *exactly mimic* what any >> standard user would expect to do and see what would happen. So I - >> deliberately - did not restart the web server or reload routes or anything >> else for that matter. (However, as it happens when I did restart the web >> server the problem still remained). >> >> Anyway, I am still a bit puzzled! >> >> Cheers >> >> >> On Tuesday, 12 September 2017 02:22:59 UTC+1, Anthony wrote: >>> >>> Did you reload routes or restart the web server? >>> >>> On Monday, September 11, 2017 at 8:31:32 PM UTC-4, benjami...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Today I came across some unusual behaviour in web2py when I tried to >>>> install a compiled web2py application. Coming home I decided to see if I >>>> could replicate the same problem on my Mac (running macos Sierra) and found >>>> some equally unusual behaviour. >>>> >>>> *The problem can be easily demonstrated:* >>>> >>>> 1. From the web2py website *I downloaded the Mac version of web2py* >>>> (for Normal Users) currently version >>>> 2.15.4-stable+timestamp.2017.09.02.04.02.22 >>>> (Running on Rocket 1.2.6, Python 2.7.3) >>>> >>>> 2. From the web2py administrative interface *I then compiled the >>>> ‘welcome’ application* which is a standard application which comes >>>> with web2py >>>> >>>> *3. I then ‘Packed’ this newly created compiled version of the standard >>>> 'welcome' application* >>>> >>>> 4. I then *Uploaded and installed this newly created compiled >>>> application using a different name for the application* >>>> >>>> 5. The original uncompiled ‘welcome’ application still works but the >>>> compiled version of the same application gives: >>>> >>>> invalid view (default/index.html) >>>> >>>> Obviously all of this is done on the same (i.e. one) machine with the >>>> same web2py version, Python etc and yet the compiled version will not work >>>> but the uncompiled version will. >>>> >>>> Am I missing something obvious? >>>> >>>> -- > Resources: > - http://web2py.com > - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) > - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) > - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/web2py/R7ie7_neg7E/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
