#14798: pyclbr now raises ImportError instead of KeyError for missing packages

4 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/pyclbr.py b/Lib/pyclbr.py
index 52cbdd5..65e9fbe 100644
--- a/Lib/pyclbr.py
+++ b/Lib/pyclbr.py
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ def _readmodule(module, path, inpackage=None):
         parent = _readmodule(package, path, inpackage)
         if inpackage is not None:
             package = "%s.%s" % (inpackage, package)
+        if not '__path__' in parent:
+            raise ImportError('No package named {}'.format(package))
         return _readmodule(submodule, parent['__path__'], package)
 
     # Search the path for the module
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pyclbr.py b/Lib/test/test_pyclbr.py
index 3082b29..e83989e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pyclbr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pyclbr.py
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ class PyclbrTest(TestCase):
         cm('email.parser')
         cm('test.test_pyclbr')
 
+    def test_issue_14798(self):
+        # test ImportError is raised when the first part of a dotted name is
+        # not a package
+        self.assertRaises(ImportError, pyclbr.readmodule_ex, 'asyncore.foo')
+
 
 def test_main():
     run_unittest(PyclbrTest)
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 8aab2be..d8ffe35 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ Lars Marius Garshol
 Dan Gass
 Andrew Gaul
 Stephen M. Gava
+Xavier de Gaye
 Harry Henry Gebel
 Marius Gedminas
 Thomas Gellekum
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 565db1b..1e7153d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #14798: Fix the functions in pyclbr to raise an ImportError
+  when the first part of a dotted name is not a package. Patch by
+  Xavier de Gaye.
+
 - Issue #14829: Fix bisect and range() indexing with large indices
   (>= 2 ** 32) under 64-bit Windows.