r18801 - /trunk/compat.py -- March 12, 2013 - 16:34

Author: bugman
Date: Tue Mar 12 16:34:16 2013
New Revision: 18801

URL: http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax?rev=18801&view=rev
Log:
Added a more informative error message if the platform module is missing.

This is for Python <= 2.2.  The file from 
http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.3/Lib/platform.py can
simply be copied into the lib/pythonX.X/ directory to fix this.


Modified:
    trunk/compat.py

Modified: trunk/compat.py
URL: 
http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/relax/trunk/compat.py?rev=18801&r1=18800&r2=18801&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- trunk/compat.py (original)
+++ trunk/compat.py Tue Mar 12 16:34:16 2013
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
 
 # Module docstring.
 """Temporary module for allowing relax to support both Python 2 and 3."""
+
+# The platform script message.
+try:
+    import platform
+except ImportError:
+    print("The platform module cannot be imported.  Try copying the 
platform.py file from http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.3/Lib/platform.py 
into your lib/pythonX.X/ directory.")
+    raise
 
 # Dependency check module.
 import dep_check