11/28/2007
Hacking OS X’s Python dbhash and bsddb modules to work
By default on my Leopard system, the dbhash and bsddb Python modules cannot be loaded.
marc@hyperion:~$ python
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Oct 5 2007, 21:08:09)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import dbhash
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5
/lib/python2.5/dbhash.py", line 5, in <module>
import bsddb
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5
/lib/python2.5/bsddb/__init__.py", line 51, in <module>
import _bsddb
ImportError: No module named _bsddb
I managed to get it to work though by installing bsddb3 from the pybsddb site and hacking the file /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5:
/lib/python2.5/dbhash.py
marc@hyperion:~$ diff -u dbhash.py.orig dbhash.py
--- dbhash.py.orig 2007-11-28 10:16:33.000000000 -0800
+++ dbhash.py 2007-11-28 10:36:52.000000000 -0800
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
import sys
try:
- import bsddb
+ import bsddb3 as bsddb
except ImportError:
# prevent a second import of this module from spuriously succeeding
del sys.modules[__name__]
Here’s the patch.
Now it works:
marc@hyperion:~$ python Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Oct 5 2007, 21:08:09) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import dbhash >>> dir(dbhash) ['__all__', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', 'bsddb',
'error', 'open', 'sys']
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Hrm. Long story, but I’m trying to get cvs2svn to work on Leopard, and that requires a working bsddb module.
I can’t actually get pybsddb to build:
distutils/sysconfig.py”, line 389, in _init_posix
raise DistutilsPlatformError(my_msg)
distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: $MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET mismatch: now “10.4″ but “10.5″ during configure
How did you get on with that part?
Nice post. I’ve followed your instructions and can import dbhash, but am still getting the following code error:
dbm = bsddb.hashopen(bdb_name, ‘n’)
NameError: global name ‘bsddb’ is not defined
Any advice you have will be much appreciated.
Thanks,
-k.
And actually, the code used to state “import bsddb”, which produces an error itself. “import dbhash” does work w/o problem as you show.
Am I missing something or is the post above regarding the _bsddb module hack incomplete? What file did you actually hack below — I don’t understand how the logic flows below and what file you are actually editing…
I managed to get it to work though by installing bsddb3 from the pybsddb site and hacking the file /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5:
marc@hyperion:~$ diff -u dbhash.py.orig dbhash.py
— dbhash.py.orig 2007-11-28 10:16:33.000000000 -0800
+++ dbhash.py 2007-11-28 10:36:52.000000000 -0800
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
import sys
try:
- import bsddb
+ import bsddb3 as bsddb
except ImportError:
# prevent a second import of this module from spuriously succeeding
del sys.modules[__name__]