Mercurial CGI (hgweb.cgi) fails

Question

I have Mercurial 1.8.1, Python 2.6.6 installed on Win 2k8 R2 running on a vm. I have tried installing from msi, source and using tortisehg. Command-line Hg works fine but I get the same error when running the hgweb.cgi:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".\hgweb.cgi", line 17, in 
    application = hgweb(config)
  File "mercurial\hgweb\__init__.pyc", line 26, in hgweb

  File "mercurial\hgweb\hgwebdir_mod.pyc", line 61, in __init__

  File "mercurial\hgweb\hgwebdir_mod.pyc", line 70, in refresh

  File "mercurial\ui.pyc", line 35, in __init__

  File "mercurial\demandimport.pyc", line 75, in __getattribute__

  File "mercurial\demandimport.pyc", line 47, in _load

  File "mercurial\util.pyc", line 576, in 

  File "mercurial\demandimport.pyc", line 85, in _demandimport

  File "mercurial\windows.pyc", line 21, in 

  File "mercurial\demandimport.pyc", line 75, in __getattribute__

  File "mercurial\demandimport.pyc", line 47, in _load

  File "mercurial\osutil.pyc", line 12, in 

  File "mercurial\osutil.pyc", line 10, in __load

ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.

The other answers I have found on SO and elsewhere pointed me to try installing from source, dropping the pure osutil into the install, or installing an older version. I have tried them all.

This is especially frustrating because I have other, similar non-vm machines running fine but have been unable to find the disconnect.

Ideas?

Answer 1

I had the same error using following system configuration

• Python-2.6.6 installed as msi
• mercurial-1.8.2-x86 installed as msi
• IIS7

I solved this problem simply:

1. Python has been installed early
2. Uninstall Mercurial msi package
3. Download and install "Mercurial-1.8.2 (32-bit py2.6)" installer from mercurial website which is marked as "This is recommended for hgweb setups".
4. copyed content of C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\mercurial\ to the directory used in IIS7 website setup.

Till now all is working. Hope this will help.