wx cannot be imported directly in python2.5

[mdickens@…]

One can "import wx" (for py25-wxpython, which is version 2.8.X) indirectly in python2.5 via:

import wxversion
wxversion.select("2.8")
import wx

But issuing "import wx" directly (without the wxversion stuff) doesn't work. Apparently python2.5 has changed the import functionality so that "pth" files are not honored in the same way they were in python2.4 ... or some such change.

Either way, the way to guarantee that "import wx" will work correctly is to link the subdirectories of wx-2.8-mac-unicode into site-packages. Since there will never be more than 1 version of py25-wxpython installed at a time, this is OK. I will attach a patch for the Portfile that does this ... there is likely a more generic way to define the exact subdirectory name, but this works.

[mdickens@…]

patch for py25-wxpython Portfile to allow for direct "import wx"

[mdickens@…]

The reason for this issue is that ${prefix}/lib/python25/site-packages was not included in the default sys.path for Python25 (any version). While the correction provided by this ticket's patch will do no harm, a better solution is to correct the default sys.path. This ticket and patch are now superseded by the tarball provided in ticket #11267.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Assigning to maintainer.

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Milestone Port Enhancements deleted