# Parent module '\<module name\>' not found while handling absolute import

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/parent-module-module-name-not-found-while-handling-absolute-import/19518>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [October 15, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parent-module-module-name-not-found-while-handling-absolute-import/19518 "2015-10-15T18:24:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bob\_Tanner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Bob\_Tanner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Tanner)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parent-module-module-name-not-found-while-handling-absolute-import/19518/1 "2015-10-15T18:24:55Z")

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Git pulled today and got

$ ansible --version  
ansible 2.0.0 (devel aee6de5a76) last updated 2015/10/15 12:05:53 (GMT -500)  
lib/ansible/modules/core: (detached HEAD 84b1a1a2b7) last updated 2015/10/14 12:09:49 (GMT -500)  
lib/ansible/modules/extras: (detached HEAD 8ce3104bc5) last updated 2015/10/14 12:09:50 (GMT -500)  
config file = /Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/playbooks.git/ansible.cfg  
configured module search path = None

and now I’m getting the following errors

/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/playbooks.git/callback\_plugins/fix-ssl.py:1: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/playbooks’ not found while handling absolute import  
import ssl  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/context\_demo.py:18: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/hipchat.py:18: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import os  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/hipchat.py:19: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import urllib  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/hipchat.py:22: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import prettytable  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/hipchat.py:27: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/hipchat.py:28: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
from ansible.module\_utils.urls import open\_url  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/log\_plays.py:18: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import os  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/log\_plays.py:19: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import time  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/log\_plays.py:20: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import json  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/log\_plays.py:22: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
from ansible.utils.unicode import to\_bytes  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/log\_plays.py:23: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/mail.py:19: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import os  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/mail.py:20: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import smtplib  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/mail.py:21: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import json  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/mail.py:23: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
from ansible.utils.unicode import to\_bytes  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/mail.py:24: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/osx\_say.py:19: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import subprocess  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/osx\_say.py:20: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import os  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/osx\_say.py:22: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/profile\_tasks.py:21: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import time  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/profile\_tasks.py:23: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/syslog\_json.py:1: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import os  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/syslog\_json.py:2: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import json  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/syslog\_json.py:4: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import logging  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/syslog\_json.py:5: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import logging.handlers  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/syslog\_json.py:7: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import socket  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/syslog\_json.py:9: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/timer.py:1: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import os  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/timer.py:2: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
import datetime  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/timer.py:3: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
from datetime import datetime, timedelta  
/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible.git/ansible/lib/ansible/plugins/callback/timer.py:5: RuntimeWarning: Parent module ‘/Volumes/Warrior1TB/Users/tanner/projects/ansible’ not found while handling absolute import  
from ansible.plugins.callback import CallbackBase

I"m posting here and not in Github’s issue tracker because what also changed (yesterday) is I upgraded to OS X El Capitan (10.11) so I don’t know if the issue is in my OS upgrade or today’s git pull.

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**Author:** ![Bob\_Tanner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Bob\_Tanner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Tanner)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parent-module-module-name-not-found-while-handling-absolute-import/19518/2 "2015-10-15T18:52:26Z")

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Using git bisect here’s what I find.

$ git bisect good  
d923d05a33431e9c4c9d3d03bdb4bbdfd4b90447 is the first bad commit  
commit d923d05a33431e9c4c9d3d03bdb4bbdfd4b90447

$ git bisect log  
git bisect start

# bad: [aee6de5a7696520f1fea00a145af055732d8e570] group\_names should not include implied ‘all’, fixes #12763

git bisect bad aee6de5a7696520f1fea00a145af055732d8e570

# good: [cb9f350c8fa74225c3e4e23e720fbbd7e5792548] Merge pull request #12720 from jhawkesworth/test\_amc\_2147

git bisect good cb9f350c8fa74225c3e4e23e720fbbd7e5792548

# bad: [0526b43b5fd61d2894026960e433b0cc9b72a692] Merge pull request #12757 from mgedmin/py3k

git bisect bad 0526b43b5fd61d2894026960e433b0cc9b72a692

# bad: [ab569cea2253fd70bc8b3f0a2540ac0d075e8c4a] Move to\_str alias into ansible.utils.unicode

git bisect bad ab569cea2253fd70bc8b3f0a2540ac0d075e8c4a

# bad: [85abd61001ffa59f92db56080f04fa4287460fe0] Add some more info to docstring

git bisect bad 85abd61001ffa59f92db56080f04fa4287460fe0

# bad: [d923d05a33431e9c4c9d3d03bdb4bbdfd4b90447] Reworking the way all() works in plugin\_loader

git bisect bad d923d05a33431e9c4c9d3d03bdb4bbdfd4b90447

# good: [45b803efb44b7cf744ccc365f52f3adbfafed0a0] Properly use test\_loader from SharedPluginLoaderObj

git bisect good 45b803efb44b7cf744ccc365f52f3adbfafed0a0

# first bad commit: [d923d05a33431e9c4c9d3d03bdb4bbdfd4b90447] Reworking the way all() works in plugin\_loader

So I think the issue is in Ansible and not my upgrade to OS X 10.11?

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**Author:** ![Corwin\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Corwin\_Brown](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Corwin_Brown)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parent-module-module-name-not-found-while-handling-absolute-import/19518/3 "2015-10-17T19:27:37Z")

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I’ve seen this on a few Linux boxes, so it’s definitely not related to OSX. I’ve only seen it when I try to install from source though. My solution was to completely uninstall ansible, and re-install. This seems to stem from some weird older version still being in /usr/lib. I ended up basically just doing a find on /usr and removing any Ansible bits I found.

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**Author:** ![Bob\_Tanner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@Bob\_Tanner](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Bob_Tanner)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/parent-module-module-name-not-found-while-handling-absolute-import/19518/4 "2015-10-19T02:20:30Z")

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I opened an issue [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/12786](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/12786), closed with [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1ab0e0e228a82c20b092913ce5c8b9b0e2f67f4e](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/commit/1ab0e0e228a82c20b092913ce5c8b9b0e2f67f4e)