[Python-apps-team] Help with bug #476929

[Luca Falavigna]

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Hello,

I recently discovered boa-constructor broke python2.4 -> python2.5
transition (see bug #476929). I thought this issue was fixed with
0.6.1-2 upload, but it was solved partially.

Several files have SyntaxErrors, e.g. ZopeLib/zoa/props/DBAdapter.py:
Compiling /usr/share/boa-constructor/ZopeLib/zoa/props/DBAdapter.py ...
~  File "/usr/share/boa-constructor/ZopeLib/zoa/props/DBAdapter.py", line 10
~    return {'title': context.title,
SyntaxError: 'return' outside function

This bug is triggered when "pycentral updatedefault" is invoked, which
tries to recompile every python module installed. My initial solution
was not byte-compile affected modules, but this happens if a new
byte-compilation is scheduled.

Is there a way to exclude some modules to be recompiled by
python-central? I can't drop affected modules from binary package
(they're required somewhere else), and I'm not aware of any method to
patch source files to avoid SyntaxError exceptions. Any suggestions?

Regards,

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Luca Falavigna
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