pluginbase cause import error in pyvirtualdisplay: ImportError: No module named display

[garywu]

from pyvirtualdisplay import Display
  File "/Users/dev/.virtualenvs/kraken-32/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pluginbase.py", line 404, in plugin_import
    fromlist, level)
  File "/Users/dev/.virtualenvs/kraken-32/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyvirtualdisplay/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from display import Display
  File "/Users/dev/.virtualenvs/kraken-32/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pluginbase.py", line 404, in plugin_import
    fromlist, level)
ImportError: No module named display

[phretor]

I have a similar problem, but with another module. It seems that pluginbase is mangling with the system path in a way that some modules cannot be imported anymore.

To reproduce:

# starting with a fresh venv
(test-plb) $ pip install pluginbase
Collecting pluginbase
  Using cached pluginbase-0.3-py2-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: pluginbase
Successfully installed pluginbase-0.3
(test-plb) $ pip install androguard
Collecting androguard
Collecting distribute (from androguard)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): setuptools>=0.7 in ./.ve/test-plb/lib/python2.7/site-packages (from distribute->androguard)
Installing collected packages: distribute, androguard
Successfully installed androguard-3.0 distribute-0.7.3
(test-plb) $ python
Python 2.7.9 (default, Apr  2 2015, 15:33:21)
[GCC 4.9.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from androguard.core.bytecodes.apk import APK
>>> import pluginbase
>>> from androguard.core.bytecodes.apk import APK
>>> # all good so far, but...
>>>
(test-plb) $ python
Python 2.7.9 (default, Apr  2 2015, 15:33:21)
[GCC 4.9.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import pluginbase
>>> from androguard.core.bytecodes.apk import APK
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/maggi/.ve/test-plb/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pluginbase.py", line 404, in plugin_import
    fromlist, level)
  File "/home/maggi/.ve/test-plb/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/androguard/core/bytecodes/apk.py", line 19, in <module>
    from androguard.core import bytecode
  File "/home/maggi/.ve/test-plb/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pluginbase.py", line 404, in plugin_import
    fromlist, level)
  File "/home/maggi/.ve/test-plb/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/androguard/core/bytecode.py", line 19, in <module>
    from xml.sax.saxutils import escape
  File "/home/maggi/.ve/test-plb/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pluginbase.py", line 404, in plugin_import
    fromlist, level)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/xml/sax/__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
    from xmlreader import InputSource
  File "/home/maggi/.ve/test-plb/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pluginbase.py", line 404, in plugin_import
    fromlist, level)
ImportError: No module named xmlreader

and the same holds for @garywu's case.

(test-plb) $ python
Python 2.7.9 (default, Apr  2 2015, 15:33:21)
[GCC 4.9.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import pluginbase
>>> from pyvirtualdisplay import Display
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/home/maggi/.ve/test-plb/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pluginbase.py", line 404, in plugin_import
    fromlist, level)
  File "/home/maggi/.ve/test-plb/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pyvirtualdisplay/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from display import Display
  File "/home/maggi/.ve/test-plb/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pluginbase.py", line 404, in plugin_import
    fromlist, level)
ImportError: No module named display

but if you import pluginbase after pyvirtualdisplay, all goes smoothly.

[n3storm]

Having problems with sqlite3 and dbapi2 at coleifer/peewee#841

[pepperpepperpepper]

I'm having the same issue with xml reader as I use the boto s3 library. Seems like the problem is when a plugin imports a library that uses relative imports.

[zeroSteiner]

This looks the same as the bug resolved in #5. I was able to reproduce it using pyvirtualdisplay==0.1 and the pre-patched version of pluginbase. It looks like the issue was already worked around in pyvirtualdisplay==0.2 but regardless this has been addressed in pluginbase as well.