[COLUG] Python 2.51 / Ubuntu 7.10 Problem

[Mark Erbaugh]

I am working on an application that uses .zip files as part of an
automatic update process. Since Python 2.3, Python has been able to read
files from a .zip file.  I've done most of the development with Python
2.4.3 under Ubuntu 6.06.  Today, I tried running the application under
Python 2.5.1 with Ubuntu 7.10. It is unable to read either of the .zip
files that the program uses for updates. However, many of the built in
features of python are located in Python25.zip and it apparently has no
problem reading that, or I would think I would have a lot more problems.
I installed Python 2.4 on the Ubuntu 7.10 machine and it is able to read
the .zip files.

Other than the update process, the program runs fine under either Python
2.4 or 2.5.

Interestingly, the Python script that I use to create the .zip file runs
fine under 2.5.1 and the program running under Python 2.4 can read
the .zip file it creates fine.