manage.py syncdb command fails on empty database

I'm running django-vellum==1.4.2 (installed with pip) on both Django 1.4 and Django 1.5. When I want to syncdb (or run any other manage.py command) from a clean install (empty database), I get an error message:

(mysite) /tmp/mysite/code $ python manage.py syncdb
DatabaseError: no such table: django_site
(mysite) /tmp/mysite/code $

This is on Django Django 1.5.4, but on Django 1.4.1 I get the full stack trace:

(mysite) /tmp/mysite/code $ python manage.py test vellum                                      
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 382, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/test.py", line 49, in run_from_argv
    super(Command, self).run_from_argv(argv)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/test.py", line 72, in handle
    failures = test_runner.run_tests(test_labels)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/test/simple.py", line 380, in run_tests
    suite = self.build_suite(test_labels, extra_tests)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/test/simple.py", line 263, in build_suite
    app = get_app(label)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/loading.py", line 140, in get_app
    self._populate()
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/loading.py", line 64, in _populate
    self.load_app(app_name, True)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/loading.py", line 88, in load_app
    models = import_module('.models', app_name)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py", line 35, in import_module
    __import__(name)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vellum/models.py", line 15, in <module>
    from vellum import settings
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/vellum/settings.py", line 10, in <module>
    BLOG_NAME = getattr(settings, 'BLOG_NAME', Site.objects.get_current().name)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/sites/models.py", line 25, in get_current
    current_site = self.get(pk=sid)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/manager.py", line 131, in get
    return self.get_query_set().get(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 361, in get
    num = len(clone)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 85, in __len__
    self._result_cache = list(self.iterator())
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 291, in iterator
    for row in compiler.results_iter():
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 763, in results_iter
    for rows in self.execute_sql(MULTI):
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 818, in execute_sql
    cursor.execute(sql, params)
  File "/tmp/mysite/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py", line 337, in execute
    return Database.Cursor.execute(self, query, params)
django.db.utils.DatabaseError: no such table: django_site
(mysite) /tmp/mysite/code $

The funny thing is that I get this message even with the BLOG_NAME setting setup. So it means the default value of the expression getattr(settings, 'BLOG_NAME', Site.objects.get_current().name) allways gets evaluated :S Replacing the getattr by a try/except (ValueError) clause should solve the issue.

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