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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have noticed that since I updated OSGeo4W yesterday, I cannot launch QGIS 1.8. It stops loading when the splash screen gets to Loading Python.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I also get the following error when trying to run a python script from the OSGeo4W shell:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">G:\>zip_data<span lang="EN-US">_test.py</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Traceback (most recent call last):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> File "C:\OSGeo4W\\apps\Python27\lib\site.py", line 563, in <module><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> main()<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> File "C:\OSGeo4W\\apps\Python27\lib\site.py", line 545, in main<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> known_paths = addusersitepackages(known_paths)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> File "C:\OSGeo4W\\apps\Python27\lib\site.py", line 278, in addusersitepackages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> user_site = getusersitepackages()<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> File "C:\OSGeo4W\\apps\Python27\lib\site.py", line 253, in getusersitepackages<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> user_base = getuserbase() # this will also set USER_BASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> File "C:\OSGeo4W\\apps\Python27\lib\site.py", line 243, in getuserbase<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> USER_BASE = get_config_var('userbase')<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python27\lib\sysconfig.py", line 472, in get_config_var<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> return get_config_vars().get(name)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python27\lib\sysconfig.py", line 405, in get_config_vars<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> import re<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python27\lib\re.py", line 105, in <module><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> import sre_compile<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python27\lib\sre_compile.py", line 14, in <module><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> import sre_parse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python27\lib\sre_parse.py", line 17, in <module><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> from sre_constants import *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> File "C:\OSGeo4W\apps\Python27\lib\sre_constants.py", line 18, in <module><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> from _sre import MAXREPEAT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">ImportError: cannot import name MAXREPEAT<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Does anyone here know how to fix this? Is this a problem for the OSGeo4W people instead?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">James<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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