Trac fails to run due to failed "from svn import util"

[ilia@…]

After a installing trac on python 2.4.1, I've attempted to run "trac-admin [path] initenv" to initialize the database. This failed with the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/trac-admin", line 34, in ?
    from trac import sync
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/trac/sync.py", line 23, in ?
    from svn import fs, util, delta, repos, core
ImportError: cannot import name util

The trac python modules have been installed in the default path and /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/trac/util.py is available.

[mgood]

The "util" package that it's looking for is the one from svn, not Trac. You need to install the SWIG bindings for Subversion to get this package.

[mgood]

I should say the SWIG Python bindings.

[Topia <topia@…>]

maybe reporter use svn 1.2.x.

suggest to try trac subversion trunk.

[cmlenz]

This error is due to Subversion 1.2 breaking compatibility with Trac 0.8.x by removing the svn.util module.

We should fix this in 0.8.2.

[cmlenz]

Fixed in [1583].

[sofar@…]

Since subversion 1.2.0 is a major release version change, can I request that 0.8.2 be released soon? a lot of people will want to upgrade subversion relatively quickly, but this breaks trac (just got hit myself).

A new release of trac would at least allow people to have a choice. Thanks.

[chris@…]

+1 for a new offical release with [1583] to correspond with Subversions 1.2.0 release.
Not that I have a vote anyway. ;)

[moschny at ipd dot uka dot de]

Hmm, scripts/trac-admin needs one more patch, otherwise the resync command won't work:

--- scripts/trac-admin~ 2005-05-04 23:58:18.000000000 +0200
+++ scripts/trac-admin  2005-06-03 15:34:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@

     ## Resync
     def do_resync(self, line):
-        from svn import util, repos, core
+        from svn import repos, core
         core.apr_initialize()
         pool = core.svn_pool_create(None)

[anonymous]

here is a patch for 0.8.2 release:

--- a/trac-admin  2005-05-04 23:58:18.000000000 +0200
+++ b/trac-admin 2005-06-03 15:43:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@

     ## Resync
     def do_resync(self, line):
-        from svn import util, repos, core
+        from svn import repos, core
         core.apr_initialize()
         pool = core.svn_pool_create(None)

[anonymous]

Version 0.8.2 is not selectable, and Milestone 0.8.3 is neither, so setting Milestone to 0.9.

[cmlenz]

Okay, so it's decided: there'll be a 0.8.3 release.

[cmlenz]

Fixed in [1793].