Egg cache problem with mod_python/ez_setup
Manuzhai
I have this weird problem with a mod_python application.
Recently I installed ElementTree and cElementTree through ez_setup.py,
even though they were already installed normally (this might not be too
smart, but I don't think it's related to my actual problem).
I have a web application written on top of mod_python that uses
cElementTree for several things. After installing cElementTree through
ez_setup.py, it turns out that I got this Exception on the site:
(most relevant info at the end, obviously, it's quite lengthy)
Mod_python error: "PythonHandler equilex"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line
287, in HandlerDispatch
log=debug)
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line
464, in import_module
module = imp.load_module(mname, f, p, d)
File "/var/www/equilex.eu/http/equilex/__init__.py", line 2, in ?
from equilex.model import Session
File "/var/www/equilex.eu/http/equilex/model/__init__.py", line 4, in ?
from page import Page
File "/var/www/equilex.eu/http/equilex/model/page.py", line 1, in ?
from menu import Menu
File "/var/www/equilex.eu/http/equilex/model/menu.py", line 1, in ?
import cElementTree as et
File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/cElementTree.py", line 7, in ?
File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/cElementTree.py", line 4, in
__bootstrap__
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6b2-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py",
line 799, in resource_filename
return get_provider(package_or_requirement).get_resource_filename(
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6b2-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py",
line 1228, in get_resource_filename
self._extract_resource(manager, self._eager_to_zip(name))
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6b2-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py",
line 1249, in _extract_resource
real_path = manager.get_cache_path(
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6b2-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py",
line 880, in get_cache_path
self.extraction_error()
File
"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6b2-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py",
line 846, in extraction_error
raise err
ExtractionError: Can't extract file(s) to egg cache
The following error occurred while trying to extract file(s) to the
Python egg
cache:
[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/www/.python-eggs'
The Python egg cache directory is currently set to:
/var/www/.python-eggs
Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory? You can
change the cache directory by setting the PYTHON_EGG_CACHE environment
variable to point to an accessible directory.
Now, I already had a /tmp/eggs dir for eggs, and I had a SetEnv
directive in my vhost config for my Trac vhost (which uses eggs). So I
moved the SetEnv directive from the vhost config to my global
httpd.conf. Curious enough, after restarting apache2, I still got the
same error!! Is there any reason why it may not be picking up the env
variable that points it to the other directory?
Regards,
Manuzhai