To put it in a nutshell someone should add :
from django.core.management.base import CommandError
At the top of the file called "compilemessages.py"
Traceback :
django-survey\examples>django-admin.py compilemessages --setings="examples.settings"
Usage: C:\yml\_myScript_\dj_things\web_development\svn_views\external_libs\django\bin\django-admin.py compilemessages [options]
Compiles .po files to .mo files for use with builtin gettext support.
C:\yml\_myScript_\dj_things\web_development\svn_views\external_libs\django\bin\django-admin.py: error: no such option: --setings
C:\yml\_myScript_\dj_things\web_development\django-survey\examples>django-admin.py compilemessages --settings="examples.settings"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\yml\_myScript_\dj_things\web_development\svn_views\external_libs\django\bin\django-admin.py", line 5, in <module>
management.execute_from_command_line()
File "C:\yml\_myScript_\dj_things\web_development\svn_views\external_libs\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 292, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "C:\yml\_myScript_\dj_things\web_development\svn_viewsexternal_libs\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 248, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "C:\yml\_myScript_\dj_things\web_development\svn_viewsexternal_libs\django\core\management\base.py", line 77, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
File "C:\yml\_myScript_\dj_things\web_development\svn_viewsexternal_libs\django\core\management\base.py", line 91, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
File "C:\yml\_myScript_\dj_things\web_development\svn_viewsexternal_libs\django\core\management\commands\compilemessages.py", line 58, in handle
compile_messages(locale)
File "C:\yml\_myScript_\dj_things\web_development\svn_views\external_libs\django\core\management\commands\compilemessages.py", line 22, in compile_messages
raise CommandError("This script should be run from the Django SVN tree or your project or app tree, or with the settings module specified.")
NameError: global name 'CommandError' is not defined