[GRASS-dev] Continuing: Windows comatibility: python import pwd

[Anna Petrášová]

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Robert Kuszinger <kuszinger at giscom.hu> wrote:
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> Sorry, the previous one was an accidental send....
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> ---------- COMPLETE MESSAGE IS HERE: ----------
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> Hello,
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> I've realized that m.printws won't compile on windows from the repository.
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> -------------------------------Information source:
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> https://wingrass.fsv.cvut.cz/grass70/x86_64/addons/latest/logs/
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> and especially:
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> https://wingrass.fsv.cvut.cz/grass70/x86_64/addons/latest/logs/m.printws.log
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> -------------------------------End of Log:
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> [...]
> m.printws.tmp.html ; fi
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File
> "C:/Users/landa/grass_packager/grass705RC1/x86_64/addons/m.printws/scripts/m.printws.py",
> line 177, in <module>
>     import pwd
> ImportError: No module named pwd
> /c/msys64/usr/src/grass705RC1/include/Make/Html.make:14: recipe for target
> 'm.printws.tmp.html' failed
> make: *** [m.printws.tmp.html] Error 1
> rm m.printws.tmp.html
>
>
> I've realized that pwd module is not available on windows. Very well, I
> made a functional workaround and the key part is this:
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> if os.name <> 'nt':
>     import pwd
>
> (and yes, later on it is handled as well.... but his causes the compilation
> error)
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>
> Will it pass the compile test? Or should I do something completely
> different?
>
>
> thanks Robert

or perhaps:

hasPwd = True
try:
    import pwd
except ImportError:
    hasPwd = False

and then use hasPwd to handle the rest

This is more general, it doesn't depend on operating system.
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