mercurial @1.8.3 cannot import sha

[russ@…]

Upon initial port install mercurial, get:

Error: Target org.macports.build returned: shell command failed (see log for details)
Log for mercurial is at: /opt/local/var/macports/logs/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_mercurial/main.log

which explains in the log

:info:build setup.py:28: DeprecationWarning: the sha module is deprecated; use the hashlib module instead
:info:build   import sha
:info:build Couldn't import standard hashlib (incomplete Python install).
:info:build shell command " cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_devel_mercurial/work/mercurial-1.8.3" && /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/bin/python2.6 setup.py --no-user-cfg build " returned error 1

Mac OSX 10.6.7 XCode 3.2

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

Please selfupdate, clean and try again:

sudo port selfupdate
sudo port clean mercurial
sudo port install mercurial

If it still fails, it might help if you attach the entire log. It builds fine for me.

[russ@…]

mercurial build log

[russ@…]

I did the selfupdate, clean and rebuild. Is it possible that I need a newer version of XCode? I'd seen a warning to use specifically the version on the Snow Leopard DVD. Is that incorrect?

I have attached the full build log

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Please remember to cc the maintainer. Installing mercurial works fine for me FWIW.

Using the Xcode version on the 10.6 DVD certainly isn't recommended; it would be 3.2.0 whereas the current free version is 3.2.6. You should be able to upgrade using Software Update, or using the links in ​the Guide. It's not clear that this problem is caused by your Xcode version though.

The specific problem here is that one of the modules that should be provided by python26 is missing. So that's the port that needs to be reinstalled correctly, whether that requires a newer Xcode version or something else.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

Is this still a problem with the current version (which uses python27)?

[deric@…]

No it's shouldn't be, closing. thx jmr