I have two versions of a script on my machine. One version is for new development and the other version is a production version. This script imports a module from a different directory, and this module again has two versions (a development version and a production version). What I want is for the development script to import the development module, and the production script to import the production module, without making any changes to the code in the script.
For example, suppose the development script is in ~/dev/rss.py, and the production script is in ~/prod/rss.py. I want the dev version to import /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/lib_dev/parse.py, and the prod version to import usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/lib_prod/parse.py. My first instinct was to place a .pth file in ~/dev that points to /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/lib_dev, and a .pth file in ~/prod that points to /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/lib_prod, but it seems that site.py doesn't look at .pth files in the current working directory. My next attempt was to create a symbolic link in ~/dev called parse.py, pointing to /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/lib_dev/parse.py, and a symbolic link in ~/prod called parse.py, pointing to /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/lib_prod/parse.py, but that didn't work either. Can anybody suggest a way to achieve my goal? Thanks in advance.
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