[Rivet] Check Python Version in Bootstrap

[Frank Siegert]

Hi all,

actually for that issue I have recently committed a fix/workaround to
the repository:
https://rivet.hepforge.org/trac/changeset/a8c29394d2ba9f1c1ca8b6f71f06f976351e1e38/

Until the next release you could patch your make-plots file accordingly.

Cheers,
Frank



On 4 July 2014 14:43, Andy Buckley <andy.buckley at cern.ch> wrote:
> Hi Markus,
>
> Thanks for the report -- I wasn't aware that that function was not
> available in Python 2.6. We do want to be 2.6 compatible so I will
> rewrite that for the next release. We might also add a minimal Python
> version check into the bootstrap -- thanks for the suggestion.
>
> I hope you can find a workaround for now, e.g. make a local make-plots
> script using Py2.6-compatible functions. If you do that, please let us
> know and we'll merge it and credit you!
>
> Andy
>
>
> On 04/07/14 13:21, Markus Radziej wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I discovered, that in Rivet 2.1.2 in the make-plots executable python
>> script, in the function try_cmd(args) you attempt to use
>> subprocess.check_output(...). This lead to an error while trying to
>> generate plots on the lxcluster I am working on. After some debugging, I
>> found out that this routine was implemented in python 2.7 and I am
>> running python 2.6.
>>
>> I think it would be best to check for a minimum python version in the
>> bootstrap, don't you agree?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Markus Radziej
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> Particle Physics Expt Group, University of Glasgow / PH Dept, CERN
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