Hi,

how far I see, mock is now completely ported to Python. if you
really decide to put the new version to C5/Extras, so please let
me know so I may include my new cache method (hardlink+rsync) to
it.
Sorry I'm not a pygrammer so I have to deal with Python first
before I can make a patch for the new version.

After I installed the reqired pkgs from EPEL5, I tried
to initialize a centos-5 chroot - my first impression
is following:

[mockbuild@sinistar el5]# mock init
INFO: mock.py version 0.9.19 starting...
State Changed: init plugins
State Changed: start
State Changed: lock buildroot
State Changed: clean
State Changed: init
State Changed: lock buildroot
Mock Version: 0.9.19
INFO: Mock Version: 0.9.19
INFO: enabled root cache
INFO: enabled yum cache
State Changed: cleaning yum metadata
INFO: enabled ccache
State Changed: running yum
ERROR: 'str' object has no attribute 'items'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/mock", line 686, in ?
    main(retParams)
  File "/usr/sbin/mock", line 562, in main
    chroot.init()
  File "<peak.util.decorators.rewrap wrapping mock.backend.init at
0x2AD258A99050>", line 3, in init
    def init(self): return __decorated(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mock/trace_decorator.py", line
70, in trace
    result = func(*args, **kw)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mock/backend.py", line 154, in
init
    self._init()
  File "<peak.util.decorators.rewrap wrapping mock.backend._init at
0x2AD258A99500>", line 3, in _init
    def _init(self): return __decorated(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mock/trace_decorator.py", line
70, in trace
    result = func(*args, **kw)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mock/backend.py", line 270, in
_init
    self._buildDirSetup()
  File "<peak.util.decorators.rewrap wrapping
mock.backend._buildDirSetup at 0x2AD258A9DF50>", line 3, in
_buildDirSetup
    def _buildDirSetup(self): return __decorated(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mock/trace_decorator.py", line
70, in trace
    result = func(*args, **kw)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mock/backend.py", line 649, in
_buildDirSetup
    for key, value in self.macros.items():
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'items'

-
I completely removed the old mock and /var/lib/mock before and also got
this error. On 'mock init' the yum process works for some seconds before
it breaks down.
What I have to pay attention to? What did I wrong? mockbuild is a member
of the mock group. And there is 70 GB free on the hard drive.

Cheers,

Brian.