bp zipImport errors
Chris Spencer
gmane.20.evilspam at spamgourmet.com
Sat Sep 3 20:23:18 UTC 2005
Roger Binns wrote:
>> However, I'm now encountering a puzzling problem. On the fourth or
>> fifth launch of bitpim (sequential, not simultaneous) I generally
>> encounter the following error:
>>
>> zipimport.ZipImportError: not a Zip file: '/usr/lib/bitpim-0.7.32/bp'
>> Fatal Python error: cannot get zipimporter instance
>> Aborted
>
>
> You can thank your operating system for this. Every evening it runs a
> task that goes around stripping files. In this bp is an ELF binary
> with a zip file appended. The automated strip processes is removing
> the zip file.
>
> I suggest finding the cron job that does this and stop it. (No, I don't
> know what it is exactly as I don't run Fedora).
>
> Roger
This is from the Bitpim mailing list. Does anyone here know what he's
referring to? Why would Fedora run a task that randomly deletes zip
files? Is there a way to prevent this?
Regards,
Chris Spencer
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