Here is a patch to ptl_import.py (Quixote 0.6) that allows correctly
importing of packages with an __init__.ptl package initialization file.

The patch has been tested running Quixote 0.6 on Apache 2.0.45 as
classical CGI script and with mod_python 3.0.3.
Python version is 2.2.1 (ActiveState).

Regards,
Franz.


--- Quixote-0.6\ptl_import.py   Wed Mar 05 19:40:42 2003
+++ Quixote-0.6.patched\ptl_import.py   Sun May 18 22:21:44 2003
@@ -96,17 +96,37 @@
     def load_module (self, name, stuff):
         file, filename, info = stuff
         (suff, mode, type) = info
+        path = None

+        # Directory handling: this is mostly from
ihooks.FancyModuleLoader
+        if type == imp.PKG_DIRECTORY:
+            initstuff = self.find_module_in_dir("__init__", filename, 0)
+            if not initstuff:
+                raise ImportError, "No __init__ module in package %s" %
name
+            initfile, initfilename, initinfo = initstuff
+            initsuff, initmode, inittype = initinfo
+            if inittype in (PTLC_FILE, PTL_FILE):
+                path = [filename]
+                file = initfile
+                filename = initfilename
+                type = inittype
+
         # If it's a PTL file, load it specially.
         if type == PTLC_FILE:
-            return _load_ptlc(name, filename, file)
+            m = _load_ptlc(name, filename, file)

         elif type == PTL_FILE:
-            return _load_ptl(name, filename, file)
+            m = _load_ptl(name, filename, file)

         else:
             # Otherwise, use the default handler for loading
             return ihooks.ModuleLoader.load_module( self, name, stuff)
+
+        # If a package is imported then the __path__ attribute *must* be
set.
+        # At least some parts of the ihooks module rely on that.
+        if path:
+            m.__path__ = path
+        return m

 try:
     import cimport