python 2.6 import problem with urandom

Gene fbsd at brightstar.bomgardner.net
Thu Jun 14 13:19:49 UTC 2012


Hi All:

Running 8.1 AMD64. I had python 2.6.8 installed. After upgrading several 
ports, which installed python 2.7.3_2, scripts requiring 2.6 fail due to an 
inability to import urandom from os.

Now I'm not a python person by any means, but I was wondering where its 
trying to find urandom. Could it be looking for 'dev/urandom'? Or perhaps 
urandom from ports/math/mpc?

In a few scripts I've changed 2.6 to 2.7 and they seem to work. Did 
installing 2.7 alongside 2.6 break something?

Specifically, right now I'm trying to install mail/mailman port which looks 
for python 2.6. It terminates with the following:

================================================
Compiling /usr/local/mailman/Mailman/versions.py ...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bin/update", line 50, in <module>
    from Mailman import Utils
  File "/usr/local/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py", line 32, in <module>
    import cgi
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/cgi.py", line 49, in <module>
    import mimetools
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/mimetools.py", line 6, in <module>
    import tempfile
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/tempfile.py", line 34, in <module>
    from random import Random as _Random
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/random.py", line 47, in <module>
    from os import urandom as _urandom
ImportError: cannot import name urandom
=================================================


I've googled and searched archives and all I can find is ubuntu problems 
related to a virtual machine. 

Does anyone know what's going on?

Thanks,
Gene

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