It results from the ambiguity between absolute and relative imports in Python 2.
Here 2to3 considers your imports being relative, hence the added dot. I believe no dots would be added should a `from __future__ import absolute_import` be found in the preamble of the module. Hope this helps. Ghis Le mar. 10 sept. 2019 à 07:51, Andreas Tille <andr...@an3as.eu> a écrit : > Hi, > > in the process of the Python3 migration the package lefse was converted > using 2to3. The changes can be found in git[1]. I'm wondering about > the following diff created by 2to3: > > - from lefse import * > + from .lefse import * > > When calling a random binary of the resulting binary package lefse I > experienced: > > $ plot_features > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/plot_features", line 6, in <module> > from .lefse import * > ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '__main__.lefse'; '__main__' is not a > package > > > I think the line > > from lefse import * > > should remain to keep that script functional. I now checked another > package (cain - nothing pushed yet) and here also 2to3 is changing > > from something import * > > to > > from .something import * > > Could somebody please enlighten me about this added '.' which does not > seem to work? > > Kind regards > > Andreas. > > [1] https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/lefse > > -- > http://fam-tille.de > >
