Re: zenmap crash in NmapParser.py

[Daniel Miller <bonsaiviking () gmail com>]

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 9:05 PM, Daniel Miller <bonsaiviking () gmail com>wrote:

> Jiří, Chris, and Etienne,
>
> Thank you for your bug reports. This crash is happening because you have
> PyXML installed. Python 2's standard library provides XML support through
> the xml library [1], but for legacy reasons if it detects PyXML installed,
> it will import that instead [2]. The two codebases have diverged, since
> PyXML has not been actively developed for over 10 years and has been
> abandoned by its maintainers. Crashes of this sort are common with code
> that was written for Python 2.4 (as PyXML was).
>
> For now, your best option is to uninstall PyXML. I will continue to
> research and see if there is a solution to prevent Python from importing it
> if it is present. Your bug reports are appreciated.
>
> Happy scanning,
>
> Dan

Sorry, forgot the references:

[1] https://docs.python.org/2/library/xml.html
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RemovePyXML
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