Mock doesn't work

[Francisco Javier Cuadrado]

Binary package hint: mock

Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Release: 10.04
Package: mock
Version: 0.9.7-3

Hi!

I'm trying to execute mock but it doesn't work, it shows the following message:

-- snip --
$ mock
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/sbin/mock", line 61, in <module>
import mock.exception ImportError: No module named mock.exception
-- snip --

I've looked mock code and I've saw that it searches its modules in a directory that doesn't exist, these directories are:

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PYTHONDIR="/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages"
PKGPYTHONDIR="/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/mock"
-- snip --

I think that is a problem with Python 2.6 and mock that expects to use python 2.5.

Regards,
Fran

[eXtace (djandruczyk)]

This affects me as well. So far I haven't been able to figure it out.

[Ryan Bianchi (infornography-ca)]

If you do a `dpkg -l mock`, you'll see that it tries to install a bunch of files under "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5". However, it doesn't actually create the necessary directory.

As a workaround, you can `ln -s /var/lib/python-support/python2.6 /var/lib/python-support/python2.5`. Seems to appease it for now.

[Tully (tully.foote)]

This is very similar to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mock/+bug/303154 it's almost a regression?

I got this to work by updating the pkgpython as noted in the above ticket.

While I was at it I upgraded to 1.1.10 as well and the only change I made to rebuild the debs besides updating the changelog was to set the pkgpythondir differently.

Attached is the new rules file with the one line change.

[Mike Miller (mtmiller)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. However, I am closing it because the bug has been fixed in the latest development version of Ubuntu - Trusty Tahr.

If you need a fix for the bug in previous versions of Ubuntu, please follow the instructions for "Requesting a Backport" at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports#Requesting_a_Backport