Re: gr_modtool in conda failing

On 8/1/22 2:11 PM, Ryan Volz wrote:
> Hi Jameson,
>
> I figured it out! First I recreated the same exact environment as you,
> and I still didn't see the error. Then I realized that GNU Radio was
> getting the `newmod_path` for the template from ~/.gnuradio/config.conf,
> and mine was pointing to a newer installation. (That's something that
> own its own needs a fix, in my view.) Once I got it pointing to the
> actual GR 3.8.2 installation, then I saw the same error.
>
> That let me track it down to essentially the same problem as
> https://github.com/gnuradio/gnuradio/issues/5068, which is that the
> template as installed by conda was including __pycache__ .pyc files, and
> those were causing the exception. I fixed that particular issue with the
> conda packaging before releasing GR 3.8.3.1. Can you use a newer version
> of GR 3.8? If you just change your installation to `conda install
> gnuradio=3.8`, you should get a version of modtool that works. Either
> that or go to
>
> /home/jcollins/Downloads/temp/deleteme/envs/asdf/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gnuradio/modtool/templates/
>
>
> and delete the __pycache__ folder.

Except I'm trying that now and finding that it somehow is getting
re-created. So unless we can figure out a way to delete it permanently,
that's not actually an option.

Cheers,
Ryan