ValueError: Attempted relative import in non-package

[jdevera]

When I try to run python bootstrap from the root of the project, I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 162, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/home/jdevera/devel/github/python-cmdline-bootstrap/bootstrap/__main__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .bootstrap import main
ValueError: Attempted relative import in non-package

Is this not one of the intended uses of this __main__.py file?

If I do python -m bootstrap then it works fine.

[jgehrcke]

Indeed, the __main__.py file becomes executed if providing a directory or a zip file (see https://docs.python.org/2/using/cmdline.html). However, as I understand, this really is equivalent to running python bootstrap/__main__.py. And we do not expect this to work (the error message is expected). Hence, yes, python -m bootstrap is the intended use of __main__.py, as noted down here: http://gehrcke.de/2014/02/distributing-a-python-command-line-application/.

Is this answer sufficient?