[Python-modules-team] Bug#577082: ImportError: No module named ordered_dict

[Sascha Silbe]

Package: python-simplejson
Version: 2.1.0-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


simplejson cannot be imported, rendering the entire package (and everything depending on it) unusable:

sascha.silbe at xo15-minimal:~$ python
Python 2.5.5 (r255:77872, Feb  1 2010, 19:53:42) 
[GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import simplejson
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/simplejson/__init__.py", line 120, in <module>
    OrderedDict = _import_OrderedDict()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/simplejson/__init__.py", line 118, in _import_OrderedDict
    import ordered_dict
ImportError: No module named ordered_dict
>>> 


Just for completeness, this is the actual Python interpreter used (the package list automatically included below only gives the meta packages):

ii  python2.5                        2.5.5-2                An interactive high-level object-oriented la
ii  python2.5-dev                    2.5.5-2                Header files and a static library for Python
ii  python2.5-minimal                2.5.5-2                A minimal subset of the Python language (ver


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31.6-xo1.5-1-00330-g12e4512 (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages python-simplejson depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-6   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  python                        2.5.4-9    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-support                1.0.7      automated rebuilding support for P

Versions of packages python-simplejson recommends:
pn  libjs-jquery                  <none>     (no description available)

python-simplejson suggests no packages.

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