Python problems

[mattj]

There seems to be something weird going on with Python in the latest build, which causes the metadata grabber scripts to break.

root@frontroom:/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/MythTV/utility # /usr/share/mythtv/metadata/Movie/tmdb3.py -t
Failed to import MythTV bindings. Check your `configure` output to make sure installation was not disabled due to external dependencies
Failed to import PyTMDB3 library. This should have been included with the python MythTV bindings.

root@frontroom:/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/MythTV/utility # /usr/share/mythtv/metadata/Television/ttvdb.py -t

The modules tvdb_api.py (v1.0.0 or greater), tvdb_ui.py, tvdb_exceptions.py and cache.py.
They should have been installed along with the MythTV python bindings.
Error:('module' object has no attribute 'tzset')

root@frontroom:/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/MythTV/utility # /usr/share/myth
tv/metadata/Movie/tmdb3.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/mythtv/metadata/Movie/tmdb3.py", line 255, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/share/mythtv/metadata/Movie/tmdb3.py", line 232, in main
from MythTV.tmdb3 import set_key, set_cache, set_locale
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/MythTV/__init__.py", line 36, in <module>
from utility import *
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/MythTV/utility/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
from dt import datetime
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/MythTV/utility/dt.py", line 15, in <module>
time.tzset()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'tzset'

The import errors are actually red herrrings, the directories are there - the real problem is this :

File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/MythTV/utility/dt.py", line 15, in <module>
time.tzset()
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'tzset'

Which then stops the modules being imported. If you comment out line 15 in dt.py the grabbers all start working again. Time.tzset() should work on a standard python install, so it seems like something is wrong with Python.

[mattj]

I've posted what I think is the fix for this issue in the Build System forum.