Martin Panter added the comment: A file called “package/__main__.py” is executed as a script by “python -m package”. See <https://docs.python.org/dev/library/__main__.html>.
I’ve came across this issue myself. You don’t even need the __main__.py file to be doing anything special, as long as the __init__.py raises an ImportError, I think. On Python 3.4 the report is even more convoluted: /sbin/python3: Error while finding spec for 'package.__main__' (<class 'ImportError'>: No module named 'missing_module'); 'package' is a package and cannot be directly executed I dunno what “finding spec” means, and packages _can_ be directly executed if they have a __main__ module, so at least the last bit is definitely wrong. ---------- nosy: +vadmium versions: +Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue14285> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
