id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 141 --settings option doesn't work as shown in the tutorial sdelatorre@… Adrian Holovaty "When running '''django-admin.py init --settings='myproject.settings.main'''' (as specified in tutorial 1) I received: {{{ C:\www\webroot\myproject>django-admin.py init --settings='myproject.settings.main' Traceback (most recent call last): File ""C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\django-1.0.0-py2.4.egg\django\bin\django-admin.py"", line 103, in ? main() File ""C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\django-1.0.0-py2.4.egg\django\bin\django-admin.py"", line 68, in main ACTION_MAPPING[action]() File ""C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\django-1.0.0-py2.4.egg\django\core\management.py"", line 278, in init from django.core import db, meta File ""C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\django-1.0.0-py2.4.egg\django\core\db\__init__.py"", line 16, in ? from django.conf.settings import DATABASE_ENGINE File ""C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\django-1.0.0-py2.4.egg\django\conf\settings.py"", line 34, in ? raise EnvironmentError, ""Could not import %s '%s' (is it on sys.path?): %s""% (ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE, me.SETTINGS_MODULE, e) EnvironmentError: Could not import DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE ''myproject.settings.main'' (is it on sys.path?): No module named 'myproject.settings.main' }}} The problem is with the quotes around the module name (--settings='myproject.settings.main'). Running '''django-admin.py init --settings=myproject.settings.main''' (no quotes) works correctly. " defect closed Core (Other) normal fixed Ready for checkin 0 0 0 0 0 0