[mod_python] Vampire does not support packages?

2008/11/20 Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic.fr>:
> I'm moving a Vampire site from one machine (Debian "etch") to another
> (Debian "lenny"). I installed Vampire 1.8 on the new machine but the
> site now fails with a puzzling error message:
>
> MOD_PYTHON ERROR
>
> ProcessId:      32531
> Interpreter:    'devel.codev-nic.generic-nic.net'
>
> ServerName:     'devel.codev-nic.generic-nic.net'
> DocumentRoot:   '/var/www/devel.codev-nic.generic-nic.net'
>
> URI:            '/details'
> Location:       None
> Directory:      '/var/www/devel.codev-nic.generic-nic.net/'
> Filename:       '/var/www/devel.codev-nic.generic-nic.net/details'
> PathInfo:       ''
>
> Phase:          'PythonHandler'
> Handler:        'vampire'
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/importer.py", line 1537, in HandlerDispatch
>    default=default_handler, arg=req, silent=hlist.silent)
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/importer.py", line 1229, in _process_target
>    result = _execute_target(config, req, object, arg)
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/mod_python/importer.py", line 1128, in _execute_target
>    result = object(arg)
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/vampire/lookup.py", line 709, in _handler
>    module = _import(req,file)
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/vampire/lookup.py", line 54, in _import
>    module = _moduleCache.importModule(name,directory,req)
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/vampire/cache.py", line 316, in importModule
>    execfile(file,module.__dict__)
>
>  File "/var/www/devel.codev-nic.generic-nic.net/details.py", line 23, in <module>
>    from Site import Site
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/vampire/cache.py", line 518, in load_module
>    return importModule(fullname,self.__directory,self.__req)
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/vampire/cache.py", line 316, in importModule
>    execfile(file,module.__dict__)
>
>  File "/var/www/devel.codev-nic.generic-nic.net/Site.py", line 23, in <module>
>    from SiteLogic import SiteLogic
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/vampire/cache.py", line 518, in load_module
>    return importModule(fullname,self.__directory,self.__req)
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/vampire/cache.py", line 316, in importModule
>    execfile(file,module.__dict__)
>
>  File "/var/www/devel.codev-nic.generic-nic.net/SiteLogic.py", line 2, in <module>
>    from codevnic.lib.Config import Config
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/vampire/cache.py", line 518, in load_module
>    return importModule(fullname,self.__directory,self.__req)
>
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/vampire/cache.py", line 179, in importModule
>    raise ImportError("Vampire does not support packages.")
>
> ImportError: Vampire does not support packages.

Where is codevnic installed? Is it within the Apache document
directories or installed outside on normal sys.path somewhere? If in
document directories, trying moving it outside onto sys.path
somewhere.

Graham