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try:
    raise FooException("Darn!")
except FooException, e
    print("Error: %s" % e)

try:
    raise FooException("Darn!")
except FooException as e
    print("Error: %s" % e)

<type 'exceptions.SyntaxError'>: invalid syntax (main.py, line 64)

mvn dependency:resolve -Dclassifier=javadoc

via Maven Micro-Tip: Get sources and Javadocs | Ted Wise.

$ easy_install psycopg2
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/easy_install", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 2607, in <module>
    parse_requirements(requires), Environment()
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/pkg_resources.py", line 565, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req)  # XXX put more info here
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: setuptools==0.6c12dev-r88795

RSA finally comes clean: SecurID is compromised

Versature is looking for a developer with experience designing and building awesome user interfaces for complex problem domains. Visual analytics tools, integration with Google Apps, Mobile Safari support, real-time user interaction are all topics we cover. Knowledge of the Java platform and experience using remote service APIs a must. Send your cover letter to the email address listed in the TXT record of hr.versature.net.

I’m hoping we can leverage the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) for this.

Telling the Linker Where to Look

You will often get an error like ld.so.1: conftest: fatal: libreadline.so.5: open failed: No such file or directory. This simply means the linker can not find your library. The following command will tell the linker to append a new entry to the existing search path:  

# crle -u /path/to/lib/dir

$ crle
Configuration file [version 4]: /var/ld/ld.config
  Platform:     32-bit LSB 80386
  Default Library Path (ELF):   /opt/local/lib:/opt/csw/lib:/usr/lib:/lib
  Trusted Directories (ELF):    /lib/secure:/usr/lib/secure  (system default)
Command line:
  crle -c /var/ld/ld.config -l /opt/local/lib:/opt/csw/lib:/usr/lib:/lib

Getting Yourself Out of Trouble

You can easily get yourself into a situation where your system is a brick by having an incomplete search path for the linker. For example, if you run crle -l /foo/path/lib, you will no longer be able to run anything at all since the linker will not find basic libraries it needs. I found a great post on this topic which instructs you do use the LD_NOCONFIG environment variable to tell the linker to use a default configuration. You can then fix the issue:

$ sudo crle -l /opt/local/lib -l /opt/csw/lib -l /usr/lib -l /lib
ld.so.1: sudo: fatal: libpam.so.1: open failed: No such file or directory
Killed
$ LD_NOCONFIG=yes sudo crle -l /opt/local/lib -l /opt/csw/lib -l /usr/lib -l /lib

[Open source is] converting warrants on future maintenance and enhancements into options, which means that instead of having a sole supplier (warrants), we have created a third-party market (options) of these derivatives.

How capitalistic is that?

Very well said indeed. Found it from here.

Anyone know if there is a downloadable developer’s version somewhere?

Update: Yes, you can download a 1 month evaluation copy from http://connect.apple.com/.