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8489	ImportError from missing _md5 gets swallowed	jfedor	nobody	"I encountered this problem on Mac OS X 10.4 using Python 2.5 from !MacPorts and have seen it confusing other people on mailing lists.

If I install the Python package from !MacPorts but forget the py25-hashlib package, importing hashlib fails, but the error message for that is not printed because !ImportError is being cought in source:django/trunk/django/db/__init__.py. The user is stuck with a confusing message of ""!ImportError: No module named base"" or similar (depending on the DB backend).

I suggest catching !ImportError in source:django/trunk/django/utils/hashcompat.py and reraising it as !ImproperlyConfigured."		closed	Uncategorized	dev		wontfix			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0