SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[johntdyer]

I get this when I try to use vcprompt

[code]
File "/usr/bin/vcprompt", line 284
with open(file, 'r') as f:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
[/code]

[djl]

Looks like you're running a pretty old Python version. I'm guessing <= 2.4.

Is that right?

[johntdyer]

Yep:

Python 2.4.3 (#1, Jul 27 2009, 17:56:30)
[GCC 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

[djl]

Ah, RHEL. I knew it :)

I'd rather not have to support 2.4.x as even the RHEL devs have moved to 2.6 now. But knowing how long it takes for users to upgrade I may as well do this.

Meh, I'll see if I can get to it but I'll have to dig up an old machine with Python 2.4 first.

[johntdyer]

Well its Centos 5, and its our base img in our NOC... a fix would be ideal, thanks

[djl]

Damn. I forgot about CentOS.

Anyway, I've already made a start on this but have noticed some hairy issues with the tests. I'll fix those first before making a start on Python 2.4 support.

[djl]

Alright, I think I've got it working in dba0d83. It's not fully tested and is still very experimental.

Test it out and let me know if I broke anything.

[johntdyer]

Looks good! Thanks!

John