Thanks Kenneth and Jonathan for getting to the bottom of this.
On Nov 18, 8:21 pm, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 18, 2010, at 5:40 PM, Kenneth Lundström wrote: > > > > > Thank you Jonathan, > > > that solved the upgrade problem. > > > Problem was that I did the 'chown -R apache:web2py *' command in the web2py > > directory but that doesn't include the directory itself. So when Apache > > tried to download the new version of web2py it could not write it to > > harddisk. Sorry for this beginners mistake. > > For other readers of this thread: the correct command (run in the web2py > directory) is 'chown -R apache:web2py .' (though the user:group might vary > depending on your environment). > > > > > But the problem with creating a new application stays. > > > Kenneth > > >> On Nov 18, 2010, at 7:03 AM, Kenneth Lundström wrote: > >>> OK, I have no idea if they are related, it was just a thought on my part. > >> Kenneth, in gluon/admin.py you'll find this code: > > >> full_url = url + '/examples/static/web2py_%s.zip' % version_type > >> filename = abspath('web2py_%s_downloaded.zip' % version_type) > >> try: > >> file = open(filename,'wb') > >> file.write(urllib.urlopen(full_url).read()) > >> file.close() > >> except Exception,e: > >> file.close() > >> return False, e > >> try: > >> unzip(filename, destination, subfolder) > > >> Try removing the second file.close() (the one after 'except'), and then > >> try the upgrade again. It won't fix the upgrade, but you should see a more > >> helpful error message saying why the file open failed. > > >>> Kenneth > > >>>> Thanks Kenneth, > > >>>> the traceback you posted applies to the second problem and I > >>>> understand that. I am scratching my head on why that traceback would > >>>> also apply to the first problem. > > >>>> Massimo > > >>>> On Nov 18, 7:09 am, Kenneth Lundström<[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> - unpacked the source package > >>>>> - did a chown apache:web2py on all files > >>>>> - login in to admin > >>>>> - write the name of the new application and press create > >>>>> - get the unable to create application "test" > > >>>>> Upgrade problem, the same, but > >>>>> - select upgrade > >>>>> - press YES > >>>>> - get the error ticket > > >>>>> I don t know what else to write. > > >>>>> Kenneth > > >>>>>> I see the problem but I do not understand why you have it. This should > >>>>>> manifest itself when you upgrade, not when you create a new app. Can > >>>>>> you list steps to reproduce the problem? > >>>>>> I am close to fixing it... > >>>>>> On Nov 17, 3:31 pm, Kenneth Lundstr m<[email protected]> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> I tried to upgrade version 1.89.1 to 1.89.3. I got the following > >>>>>>> error. > >>>>>>> I m running Linux, Apache and mod_wsgi. Is this too an file permission > >>>>>>> problem. I still can t create a new application with admin. Don t know > >>>>>>> where to start looking for the problem. > >>>>>>> Kenneth > >>>>>>> Version > >>>>>>> web2py Version 1.89.1 (2010-11-12 15:14:36) > >>>>>>> Python Python 2.6.5: /usr/bin/python > >>>>>>> Traceback > >>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last): > >>>>>>> File "/data/domains/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 188, in > >>>>>>> restricted > >>>>>>> exec ccode in environment > >>>>>>> File "/data/domains/web2py/applications/admin/controllers/default.py", > >>>>>>> line 1146, in<module> > >>>>>>> File "/data/domains/web2py/gluon/globals.py", line 96, in<lambda> > >>>>>>> self._caller = lambda f: f() > >>>>>>> File "/data/domains/web2py/applications/admin/controllers/default.py", > >>>>>>> line 200, in upgrade_web2py > >>>>>>> (success, error) = upgrade(request) > >>>>>>> File "/data/domains/web2py/gluon/admin.py", line 427, in upgrade > >>>>>>> file.close() > >>>>>>> UnboundLocalError: local variable 'file' referenced before assignment > >>>>>>> Error snapshot help Detailed traceback description > >>>>>>> <type 'exceptions.UnboundLocalError'>(local variable 'file' referenced > >>>>>>> before assignment) > >
