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Description of problem: I am trying to run mock version 1.1.10 on a RHEL5 machine which only has python 2.4 available. Previously version 1.1.8 worked without problems. I now get the following error: mock.py version 1.1.10 starting... State Changed: init plugins ERROR: invalid syntax (selinux.py, line 59) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/mock", line 858, in ? main(retParams) File "/usr/sbin/mock", line 678, in main chroot = mock.backend.Root(config_opts, uidManager) File "<peak.util.decorators.rewrap wrapping mock.backend.__init__ at 0x07B0F488>", line 3, in __init__ def __init__(self, config, uidManager): return __decorated(self, config, uidManager) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mock/trace_decorator.py", line 70, in trace result = func(*args, **kw) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mock/backend.py", line 109, in __init__ self._initPlugins() File "<peak.util.decorators.rewrap wrapping mock.backend._initPlugins at 0x07B15E60>", line 3, in _initPlugins def _initPlugins(self): return __decorated(self) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mock/trace_decorator.py", line 70, in trace result = func(*args, **kw) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mock/backend.py", line 679, in _initPlugins module = imp.load_module(modname, fp, pathname, description) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mock/plugins/selinux.py", line 59 with open("/proc/filesystems") as host: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax My local python expert tells me that this is python 2.6 code which clearly isn't going to work with my version 2.4 python interpreter. Either the code should be changed or the dependency should be updated to require a minimum of version 2.6. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.1.10 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Login to an el5 machine 2. Install mock 1.1.10 3. mock --root el5-x86_64 foo-1-2.src.rpm Actual results: Crash due to syntax error. Expected results: Packages should be built. Additional info:
You need to use the 1.0.17 version in the epel-5 repository. That's the entire reason for it's existance.
(In reply to comment #1) > You need to use the 1.0.17 version in the epel-5 repository. That's the entire > reason for it's existance. I'm more than happy to use the old version on el5, that's not what this bug report is actually about. I was happy that it worked at all for previous versions in the 1.1 series and I will go back to what I had working before. What I am asking for is that if you use python 2.6 syntax in your code that you have the sense to actually put that dependency into the specfile. Putting a dependency on >= 2.4 is *wrong* when you actually require a minimum of 2.6. Stephen Quinney
mock-1.0.17 is not an "old" version. It's the version maintained purely for compatibility with RHEL5's python. We backport bugfixes (and some features) from the 1.1.x branch back to 1.0.x. I'll update the specfile in the 1.1.x branch to make sure we have a proper python dependency.