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Bug 101996 - pyxml 0.8.3 isn't accesible in python2.4 search path when emerging
Summary: pyxml 0.8.3 isn't accesible in python2.4 search path when emerging
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Library (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Python Gentoo Team
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Reported: 2005-08-10 08:46 UTC by Dries Desmet
Modified: 2005-10-16 14:11 UTC (History)
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Description Dries Desmet 2005-08-10 08:46:27 UTC 
pyxml <= 0.8.4 should block on python versions >= 2.4 
 
Python 2.4 doesn't load the current stable pyxml 0.8.3 libaries   
because /usr/lib/python2.4/xml/__init__.py has a line in it that prevents it   
from loading:   
_MINIMUM_XMLPLUS_VERSION = (0, 8, 4)   
   
 
 
Currently 0.8.4 is only available in the unstable branch.   
   
Changelog of the ebuild says:   
   
    11 Jun 2005; Rob Cakebread <pythonhead@gentoo.org> pyxml-0.8.1.ebuild,   
      pyxml-0.8.2.ebuild, pyxml-0.8.3.ebuild, pyxml-0.8.3-r1.ebuild,   
      pyxml-0.8.4.ebuild:   
      Versions <=0.8.3 don't work with python2.4 - fixed deps   
   
but I was still able to emerge pyxml 0.8.3 stable without warning.  
 
Obviously the module versioning system of python makes this all a bit opaque, 
but gentoo is able to make it clearer for the end user due to its great 
dependancy system. 
 
 
Python version used when encountering this: 2.4.1  

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Bryan Østergaard (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-10-16 14:11:42 UTC 
pyxml-0.8.4 is marked stable on most archs now.