[Bug 340085] [NEW] Pymol Doesn't Initialize after Upgrading to Python 2.6

[Timothy Palpant]

Public bug reported:

While the last rebuild updated Pymol's python dependency to include 2.6,
it crashes with the following error:

Error: unable to initalize the pymol.cmd module
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/pymol/cmd.py", line 265, in <module>
    from api import *
  File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.6/pymol/api.py", line 381
     as = show_as
      ^
 SyntaxError: invalid syntax

It looks like this problem is already known; by examining the source of
api.py I found this:

# dang! Python 2.6 will break PyMOL's "as" method. 
# Proposal:
#  1. stick with Python <=2.5 for as long as possible
#  2. convert API method to cmd.show_as() and leave "as" in the scripting langauge
#  3. allow "show_as" in the scripting language
as = show_as

While I'm not sure exactly what's going on (never touched Python),
commenting out the final line seems to correct the problem--or at least
allow Pymol to start.

** Affects: pymol (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Pymol Doesn't Initialize after Upgrading to Python 2.6
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340085
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