/usr/lib/python2.4/posixfile.py error

[Chris]

Hi,

Wonder if anyone can help me?

I am trying to run a perl script but I keep getting this error:

/usr/lib/python2.4/posixfile.py:59 : DeprecationWarn ing: The posixfile
module is obsolete and will disappear in the future
DeprecationWarn ing)

I am running Ubuntu Hoary 5.10. I'll try the same script on my gentoo
box at work tommorrow, but really would like to run this script asap.

Any ideas on why it's failing on that python module?

Any ideas greatfully received,

Chris

[Martin v. Löwis]

Re: /usr/lib/python2.4/posixfile.py error

Chris wrote:[color=blue]
> Wonder if anyone can help me?[/color]

I very much doubt that, with as little information you gave us.
[color=blue]
> I am trying to run a perl script but I keep getting this error:
>
> /usr/lib/python2.4/posixfile.py:59 : DeprecationWarn ing: The posixfile
> module is obsolete and will disappear in the future
> DeprecationWarn ing)[/color]

It's very strange that you get a Python error when running a Perl
script.
[color=blue]
> Any ideas on why it's failing on that python module?[/color]

It's not failing. It's a warning, not an error. The warning is
that the Python code you are running uses the posixfile module,
and it should be rewritten to stop doing so, as the posixfile
module will go away eventually.

Regards,
Martin

[Chris]

Re: /usr/lib/python2.4/posixfile.py error

In article <436afbc2$0$142 00$9b622d9e@new s.freenet.de>,
martin@v.loewis .de says...[color=blue]
> Chris wrote:[color=green]
> > Wonder if anyone can help me?[/color]
>
> I very much doubt that, with as little information you gave us.
>[color=green]
> > I am trying to run a perl script but I keep getting this error:
> >
> > /usr/lib/python2.4/posixfile.py:59 : DeprecationWarn ing: The posixfile
> > module is obsolete and will disappear in the future
> > DeprecationWarn ing)[/color]
>
> It's very strange that you get a Python error when running a Perl
> script.[/color]

So I thought ;)

However, it's a perl script that invokes python.

http://search.cpan.org/~rprice/Nokia-File-NFB-0.01/lib/Nokia/File/NFB.pm

[color=blue][color=green]
> > Any ideas on why it's failing on that python module?[/color]
>
> It's not failing. It's a warning, not an error. The warning is
> that the Python code you are running uses the posixfile module,
> and it should be rewritten to stop doing so, as the posixfile
> module will go away eventually.
>[/color]

Ok, many thanks. I got it working in the end, appears that the nfb.py
script requires the file it is processing to be in the same directory.
Which is quite annoying, but at least I know how to sort it now.

Many thanks for your quick reply and apologies for my late one :(

Cheers,
Chris