[ZODB-Dev] Re: [ZODB-Dev] ZEO2, sys.path, start.py and docs

[Eric Brun]

Hello, I have same problem on Mandrake 8.2 Python 2.1.3
 
I have also an other problem : when I start my ZEO clients,
the -u option don't run : only one process accept the -u directive. Perhaps an problem with asyncore.py of medusa ? 

>> > Hello!
>> > 
>> > I have just downloaded and tried to install ZEO 2.0, following the
>> > instructions in docs/ZopeREADME.txt, but I have come up against this
>> > error:
>> > 
>> > adriand@baldrick:~/Zope/ZSS$ python lib/python/ZEO/start.py -p 9999 -D
>> > Traceback (most recent call last):
>> >   File "lib/python/ZEO/start.py", line 235, in main
>> > ImportError: No module named StorageServer
>> > 
>> > Upon inspection, I see that start.py does some sys.path munging,
>> > inserting 'lib/python'.  But later on, it does a os.chdir(env.var), so
>> > this path is now relative to the var directory.  The problem goes away
>> > if I use an absolute path to start.py or disable ZDaemon.
>> > 
>> > Have I done something wrong or is the README incorrect?
>> > 
>> > I am using stock Debian/woody python2.1.3.
>> > 
>> > P.S.  It seems to me that this whole path-munging business is about
>> > finding where Zope lives, which would be solved with a (suprise,
>> > surprise) java-style ZOPE_HOME, set either at installation time or by
>> > the administrator.  Surely this would be easier and less error-prone
>> > than cryptic path-munging functions?
>> > 
>> > P.P.S. Can we replace os.path.split(d)[0] with os.path.dirname(d),
>> > please?
>> > 
>> > a.
>> > 
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