thx carlos, here is the steps i took git clone --recursive https://github.com/web2py/web2py.git cd web2py/gluon/packages/dal/ git checkout modular
$ python -V Python 3.7.1 $ python ../../../setup.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "../../../setup.py", line 85, in <module> start() File "../../../setup.py", line 32, in start version=read_file("VERSION").split()[1], File "/Users/sugizo/Downloads/learn/web2py/gluon/fileutils.py", line 112, in read_file f = open_file(filename, mode) File "/Users/sugizo/Downloads/learn/web2py/gluon/fileutils.py", line 104, in open_file f = open(filename, mode, encoding="utf8") FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'VERSION' $ python ../../../web2py.py $ open http://localhost:8000 $ open http://localhost:8000/admin/default/site on http://localhost:8000/admin/default/site *Version* 2.17.2-stable+timestamp.2018.10.06.11.34.06 (Running on Rocket 1.2.6, Python 3.7.1) *suggestion* why the upgrade now to version 2.17.2 is active, just a suggestion think the button for upgrade now should be disable if the version is same or same like behaviour in previous version : the button for upgrade is shown (Check for upgrades) see below for test in python 2.7 $ python -V Python 2.7.15 :: Anaconda, Inc. $ python ../../../setup.py /Users/sugizo/miniconda3/envs/python2_prod/lib/python2.7/site-packages/ psycopg2/__init__.py:144: UserWarning: The psycopg2 wheel package will be renamed from release 2.8; in order to keep installing from binary please use "pip install psycopg2-binary" instead. For details see: <http: //initd.org/psycopg/docs/install.html#binary-install-from-pypi>. """) Traceback (most recent call last): File "../../../setup.py", line 85, in <module> start() File "../../../setup.py", line 32, in start version=read_file("VERSION").split()[1], File "/Users/sugizo/Downloads/learn/web2py/gluon/fileutils.py", line 112, in read_file f = open_file(filename, mode) File "/Users/sugizo/Downloads/learn/web2py/gluon/fileutils.py", line 102, in open_file f = open(filename, mode) IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'VERSION' $ python ../../../web2py.py $ open http://localhost:8000/admin/default/site $ open http://localhost:8000 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/sugizo/Downloads/learn/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 219, in restricted exec(ccode, environment) File "/Users/sugizo/Downloads/learn/web2py/applications/welcome/models/db. py", line 95, in <module> auth.define_tables(username=False, signature=False) File "/Users/sugizo/Downloads/learn/web2py/gluon/tools.py", line 2091, in define_tables super(Auth, self).define_tables(username, signature, migrate, fake_migrate)._table_signature_list File "/Users/sugizo/Downloads/learn/web2py/gluon/authapi.py", line 350, in define_tables format='%(first_name)s %(last_name)s (%(id)s)')) File "/Users/sugizo/Downloads/learn/web2py/gluon/packages/dal/pydal/base. py", line 590, in define_table table = self.lazy_define_table(tablename, *fields, **kwargs) File "/Users/sugizo/Downloads/learn/web2py/gluon/packages/dal/pydal/base. py", line 624, in lazy_define_table polymodel=polymodel) File "/Users/sugizo/Downloads/learn/web2py/gluon/packages/dal/pydal/ adapters/base.py", line 798, in create_table return self.migrator.create_table(*args, **kwargs) File "/Users/sugizo/Downloads/learn/web2py/gluon/packages/dal/pydal/ migrator.py", line 296, in create_table sql_fields_old = pickle.load(tfile) File "/Users/sugizo/miniconda3/envs/python2_prod/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 1384, in load return Unpickler(file).load() File "/Users/sugizo/miniconda3/envs/python2_prod/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 864, in load dispatch[key](self) File "/Users/sugizo/miniconda3/envs/python2_prod/lib/python2.7/pickle.py", line 892, in load_proto raise ValueError, "unsupported pickle protocol: %d" % proto ValueError: unsupported pickle protocol: 3 using python 2.7 can run admin but not for welcome app *Version* 2.17.2-stable+timestamp.2018.10.06.11.34.06 (Running on Rocket 1.2.6, Python 2.7.15) the button for upgrade is shown (Check for upgrades) best regards, stifan -- 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.