On 06/27/2012 03:16 PM, Jan Tluka wrote: >For everyone who still runs LNST on RHEL5. > >Besides the python-ctypes requirement I've hit another issue: > ><cut> >27/06 12:18:50| (127.0.0.1) NetTestSlave:0095| ERROR: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/root/lnst/NetTest/NetTestSlave.py", line 91, in run_command > return NetTestCommand(command).run() > File "/root/lnst/NetTest/NetTestCommand.py", line 224, in __init__ > self._command_class = get_command_class(command) > File "/root/lnst/NetTest/NetTestCommand.py", line 209, in >get_command_class > return NetTestCommandTest(command) > File "/root/lnst/NetTest/NetTestCommand.py", line 65, in >NetTestCommandTest > fp, pathname, description) > File "/root/lnst/Tests/TestIperf.py", line 86 > except OSError as e: > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax ></cut> > >The reason is that RHEL5 comes with python version 2.4 and 'as' keyword >is not known to python2.4. Oh, I didn't realize that. I'm using the 'as' keyword as well somewhere. How are we going to deal with this? Should I change it to the way that's compatible with 2.4? Radek

> >I was able to workaround it with following steps: > >1. install python2.6 from epel [1] >2. run nettestslave with following command line: ># PYTHON_PATH=/usr/lib64/python2.6 /usr/bin/python26 ./nettestslave.py -d > >Or another way is to modify TestIperf code to use: > except OSError, e: > >Hth, Jan > >[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL >_______________________________________________ >LNST-developers mailing list &gt;LNST-developers(a)lists.fedorahosted.org >https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/lnst-developers

Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 09:12:08AM CEST, jtluka(a)redhat.com wrote: > Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 08:10:45AM CEST, rpazdera(a)redhat.com wrote: >> On 06/27/2012 03:16 PM, Jan Tluka wrote: >>> For everyone who still runs LNST on RHEL5. >>> >>> Besides the python-ctypes requirement I've hit another issue: >>> >>> <cut> >>> 27/06 12:18:50| (127.0.0.1) NetTestSlave:0095| ERROR: >>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>> File "/root/lnst/NetTest/NetTestSlave.py", line 91, in run_command >>> return NetTestCommand(command).run() >>> File "/root/lnst/NetTest/NetTestCommand.py", line 224, in __init__ >>> self._command_class = get_command_class(command) >>> File "/root/lnst/NetTest/NetTestCommand.py", line 209, in >>> get_command_class >>> return NetTestCommandTest(command) >>> File "/root/lnst/NetTest/NetTestCommand.py", line 65, in >>> NetTestCommandTest >>> fp, pathname, description) >>> File "/root/lnst/Tests/TestIperf.py", line 86 >>> except OSError as e: >>> ^ >>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>> </cut> >>> >>> The reason is that RHEL5 comes with python version 2.4 and 'as' keyword >>> is not known to python2.4. >> Oh, I didn't realize that. I'm using the 'as' keyword as well somewhere. >> How are we going to deal with this? Should I change it to the way that's >> compatible with 2.4? >> >> Radek >> > IMO, I would not stick to the old syntax. RHEL5 is quite old and a > workaround exists. > > @Jirka, any thoughts on this? Yes, please send patch changing this to old syntax. Once RHEL5 is gone (in the future) we can change couple of things back again. Thanks Jirka

>>> I was able to workaround it with following steps: >>> >>> 1. install python2.6 from epel [1] >>> 2. run nettestslave with following command line: >>> # PYTHON_PATH=/usr/lib64/python2.6 /usr/bin/python26 ./nettestslave.py -d >>> >>> Or another way is to modify TestIperf code to use: >>> except OSError, e: >>> >>> Hth, Jan >>> >>> [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL >>> _______________________________________________ >>> LNST-developers mailing list >>> LNST-developers(a)lists.fedorahosted.org >>> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/lnst-developers > _______________________________________________ > LNST-developers mailing list > LNST-developers(a)lists.fedorahosted.org > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/lnst-developers