Bzr 1.7.1 abort in Python 2.6

[Daniel Arbuckle]

Note: this report is misfiled in the mac uninstaller. I didn't notice that the field reset when I went into the advanced options. It applies to the main bazaar project.

The problem is that object() no longer accepts parameters

/home/djarb/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/lazy_import.py:195: DeprecationWarning: the sha module is deprecated; use the hashlib module instead
  module = __import__(module_python_path, scope, scope, [])
bzr: ERROR: exceptions.TypeError: object.__init__() takes no parameters

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/djarb/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 857, in run_bzr_catch_errors
    return run_bzr(argv)
  File "/home/djarb/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 797, in run_bzr
    ret = run(*run_argv)
  File "/home/djarb/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/commands.py", line 499, in run_argv_aliases
    return self.run(**all_cmd_args)
  File "/home/djarb/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/builtins.py", line 398, in run
    tree = WorkingTree.open_containing(u'.')[0]
  File "/home/djarb/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/workingtree.py", line 325, in open_containing
    control, relpath = bzrdir.BzrDir.open_containing(path)
  File "/home/djarb/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 833, in open_containing
    transport = get_transport(url, possible_transports)
  File "/home/djarb/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/lazy_import.py", line 125, in __call__
    return obj(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/djarb/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/transport/__init__.py", line 1575, in get_transport
    transport, last_err = _try_transport_factories(base, factory_list)
  File "/home/djarb/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/transport/__init__.py", line 1584, in _try_transport_factories
    return factory.get_obj()(base), None
  File "/home/djarb/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/transport/local.py", line 75, in __init__
    super(LocalTransport, self).__init__(base)
  File "/home/djarb/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/bzrlib/transport/__init__.py", line 296, in __init__
    super(Transport, self).__init__(base=base)
TypeError: object.__init__() takes no parameters

[Robert Collins (lifeless)]

This is a dup of the needs python 2.6 bugreport, I don't have that
number handy.

-Rob