I was trying to install a module for opencv and added an opencv.pth file to the folder beyond my sites.py file. I have since deleted it and no change.
When I try to run help(‘modules’), I get the following error:
Please wait a moment while I gather a
list of all available modules…/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Extras/lib/python/twisted/words/im/init.py:8:
UserWarning: twisted.im will be
undergoing a rewrite at some point in
the future.
warnings.warn(“twisted.im will be
undergoing a rewrite at some point in
the future.”)/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/pkgutil.py:110:
DeprecationWarning: The wxPython
compatibility package is no longer
automatically generated or actively
maintained. Please switch to the wx
package as soon as possible.import(name) Traceback (most recent call last): File “”,
line 1, in File“/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site.py”,
line 348, in call
return pydoc.help(*args, **kwds) File“/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py”,
line 1644, in call
self.help(request) File “/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py”,
line 1681, in help
elif request == ‘modules’: self.listmodules() File“/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py”,
line 1802, in listmodules
ModuleScanner().run(callback) File“/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/pydoc.py”,
line 1853, in run
for importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.walk_packages(): File“/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/pkgutil.py”,
line 110, in walk_packages
import(name) File “/BinaryCache/wxWidgets/wxWidgets-11~262/Root/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Extras/lib/python/wxaddons/init.py”,
line 180, in import_hook File“/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/ctypes_opencv/init.py”,
line 19, in
from ctypes_opencv.cv import * File“/BinaryCache/wxWidgets/wxWidgets-11~262/Root/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Extras/lib/python/wxaddons/init.py”,
line 180, in import_hook File“/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/ctypes_opencv/cv.py”,
line 2567, in (‘desc’, CvMat_r, 1), # CvMat* desc File
“/Library/Python/2.5/site-packages/ctypes_opencv/cxcore.py”,
line 114, in cfuncreturn CFUNCTYPE(result, *atypes)((name, dll), tuple(aflags)) AttributeError: dlsym(0x2674d10, cvCreateFeatureTree): symbol not found
What gives?!
This happens because
help('modules')imports all modules, which can result in a lot of unsentineled code being executed. There’s nothing you can do short of reporting bugs in every single package that causes this (opencv in this case) and wait for them to fix it.