Hi Stefan, On Sat, 16 May 2020 at 05:27, Stefan Bosch <stefa...@posteo.net> wrote: > > Hello, > > recently, I updated my local repository (U-Boot master). Last commit is > c693f212c5b0433b3a49a89d87cbff28bf78eb87 now. Previously it has been > 4df3578119b043d76b86b50077b06898fc2a4f62 (Date: Wed Dec 18 18:25:42 > 2019 +0100). > > Now I get an "ImportError" if I call patman: > > u-boot_master$ ./tools/patman/patman --help > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "./tools/patman/patman", line 21, in <module> > from patman import checkpatch > File > "/home/stefan/u-boot_master/tools/patman/../patman/checkpatch.py", line > 10, in <module> > from patman import command > File "/home/stefan/u-boot_master/tools/patman/../patman/command.py", > line 8, in <module> > from patman import tools > File "/home/stefan/u-boot_master/tools/patman/../patman/tools.py", > line 13, in <module> > from patman import command > ImportError: cannot import name 'command' > > Cause of this 'ImportError' is probably that "from patman import > command" has already been done before in checkpatch.py (circular > dependency). I think the error has to do with your your commit > bf776679a73f3b9eae37aabd2be5754483039cb2 (patman: Move to absolute imports). > > My Python version is 3.4.3.
The circular dependency has been there for some time, but perhaps in Python 2, not Python 3. My Python is 3.6.9 or 3.7.7. I sent a patch to break the circular dependency. Can you please try it and see if it helps? Regards, Simon
