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-rw-r--r--Lib/importlib/util.py4
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/importlib/util.py b/Lib/importlib/util.py
index 1dbff26..39cb0f7 100644
--- a/Lib/importlib/util.py
+++ b/Lib/importlib/util.py
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ def resolve_name(name, package):
if not name.startswith('.'):
return name
elif not package:
- raise ValueError('{!r} is not a relative name '
- '(no leading dot)'.format(name))
+ raise ValueError(f'no package specified for {repr(name)} '
+ '(required for relative module names)')
level = 0
for character in name:
if character != '.':
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f87ed38..f4e7e54 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #25771: Tweak the exception message for importlib.util.resolve_name()
+ when 'package' isn't specified but necessary.
+
- Issue #6478: _strptime's regexp cache now is reset after changing timezone
with time.tzset().