gensuitemodule.processfile fails

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BPO	1123727
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gensuitemodule.processfile fails for an application as trivial as Safari, while the same procedure works OK on version 2.3.

On version 2.3:
>>> from gensuitemodule import processfile; processfile('/
Applications/Safari.app')
[lots of dialogs]

On version 2.4, same machine:
>>> from gensuitemodule import processfile; processfile('/
Applications/Safari.app')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in ?
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/
python2.4/plat-mac/gensuitemodule.py", line 222, in processfile
    verbose=verbose)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/
python2.4/plat-mac/gensuitemodule.py", line 436, in compileaete
    creatorsignature, dummy = MacOS.GetCreatorAndType(fname)
Error: (-43, 'File not found')
I'm pretty conviced the application did not move in the 20 seconds 
between those two invocations :-)

Any suggestions?

• Jurjen

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I think the MacOS extension is broken. The gensuitemodule error you observe on Python 2.4 is probably being masked on Python 2.3 by other bugs that have since been cleaned up.

e.g. The following errors OMM (OS10.2.8, Python 2.3.3):

print MacOS.GetCreatorAndType('/Applications/TextEdit.app') --> MacOS.Error: (-43, 'File not found')

Seems to work on non bundle-based applications, but not bundle-based ones. Maybe you could check this and file a new report on the MacOS extension if you can confirm it.

has

p.s. Note that gensuitemodule and friends are obsolete. See appscript: http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/appscript.html

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Yep, you're right. On both 2.3, and 2.4, I get:
>>> import MacOS
>>> print MacOS.GetCreatorAndType('/Applications/TextEdit.app')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<input>", line 1, in ?
Error: (-43, 'File not found')
When will appscript be incorporated into the standard libraries?
- Jurjen

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When will appscript be incorporated into the standard libraries?

Dunno. It should be finished in the next few months. You'd need to ask Jack what the next entry point into the standard library would be.

has

[ronaldoussoren]

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Integration with the standard library should not be considered to be the holy grail. Libraries outside of the standard library can be developed on a faster pace than Python itself.

I wouldn't mind if the standard libary docs mentioned appscript as a better solution than gensuitemodule :-)

[ronaldoussoren]

This issue is for deprecated Carbon module that has a well-maintained alternative outside of the stdlib.