id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	resolution	keywords	cc	parents
972	Upgrade system python	Elinvention		"After a system python upgrade, Mediagoblin won't be able to start any more because the local virtualenv python will still look for the old python modules (if I understood correctly). Mediagoblin will output errors like this and refuse to start:

{{{
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""./bin/gmg"", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('mediagoblin==0.7.1.dev', 'console_scripts', 'gmg')()
  File ""/var/mediagoblin/mediagoblin/gmg_commands/__init__.py"", line 108, in main_cli
    setup_func = import_component(command_struct['setup'])
  File ""/var/mediagoblin/mediagoblin/tools/common.py"", line 34, in import_component
    __import__(module_name)
  File ""/var/mediagoblin/mediagoblin/gmg_commands/shell.py"", line 21, in <module>
    from mediagoblin.gmg_commands import util as commands_util
  File ""/var/mediagoblin/mediagoblin/gmg_commands/util.py"", line 18, in <module>
    from mediagoblin import app
  File ""/var/mediagoblin/mediagoblin/app.py"", line 20, in <module>
    from mediagoblin.routing import get_url_map
  File ""/var/mediagoblin/mediagoblin/routing.py"", line 19, in <module>
    from mediagoblin.tools.routing import add_route, mount, url_map
  File ""/var/mediagoblin/mediagoblin/tools/routing.py"", line 20, in <module>
    from werkzeug.routing import Map, Rule
  File ""/var/mediagoblin/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Werkzeug-0.9.6-py2.7.egg/werkzeug/__init__.py"", line 154, in <module>
    __import__('werkzeug.exceptions')
  File ""/var/mediagoblin/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Werkzeug-0.9.6-py2.7.egg/werkzeug/exceptions.py"", line 67, in <module>
    from werkzeug._internal import _get_environ
  File ""/var/mediagoblin/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Werkzeug-0.9.6-py2.7.egg/werkzeug/_internal.py"", line 15, in <module>
    from datetime import datetime, date
ImportError: No module named datetime
}}}


To update virtualenv python you can issue:

{{{
virtualenv --system-site-packages <path/to/env>
}}}

as mediagoblin user, where <path/to/env> is the path to your mediagoblin instance."	defect	closed	minor		documentation	fixed	virtualenv, python, system update, bitesized