Vince Castellano wrote: > Hello, > > I am running RHEL5, with Python 2.4.3. I do not experience this > problem on my other machines, which are 2.5. > > The following should demonstrate my issue: > > [16:38][vince:~]$ python -m srctools.symbol_replace -h > python: module srctools.symbol_replace not found > [16:40][vince:~]$ python > Python 2.4.3 (#1, Dec 11 2006, 11:38:52) > [GCC 4.1.1 20061130 (Red Hat 4.1.1-43)] on linux2 > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> import srctools.symbol_replace >>>> srctools.symbol_replace > <module 'srctools.symbol_replace' from '/usr/local/pymodules/srctools/ > symbol_replace.py'> > [16:41][vince:~]$ echo $PYTHONPATH > /usr/local/pymodules > I suspect if you read "What's new in Python 2.5" you will find that the semantics of the -m option changed between the two releases. Let me see ... right, here it is:
""" The -m switch added in Python 2.4 to execute a module as a script gained a few more abilities. Instead of being implemented in C code inside the Python interpreter, the switch now uses an implementation in a new module, runpy. The runpy module implements a more sophisticated import mechanism so that it's now possible to run modules in a package such as pychecker.checker. The module also supports alternative import mechanisms such as the zipimport module. This means you can add a .zip archive's path to sys.path and then use the -m switch to execute code from the archive. """ (from http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/pep-338.html). In other words, 2.4 specifically didn't allow the command line import of package submodules. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Sorry, the dog ate my .sigline -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
