[CASSANDRA-14301] Error running cqlsh: unexpected keyword argument 'no_compact'

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Not A Problem
• Labels: cqlsh proposed-wontfix
• Severity: Normal
• Since Version: 3.11.2
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: M. Justin
• Created: 08/Mar/18 17:29
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:29
• Resolved: 17/Apr/18 16:40

Description

I recently installed Cassandra 3.11.2 on my Mac using Homebrew.  When I run the "cqlsh" command, I get the following error:

$ cqlsh
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/cassandra/3.11.2/libexec/bin/cqlsh.py", line 2443, in <module>
    main(*read_options(sys.argv[1:], os.environ))
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/cassandra/3.11.2/libexec/bin/cqlsh.py", line 2421, in main
    encoding=options.encoding)
  File "/usr/local/Cellar/cassandra/3.11.2/libexec/bin/cqlsh.py", line 488, in __init__
    **kwargs)
  File "cassandra/cluster.py", line 735, in cassandra.cluster.Cluster.__init__ (cassandra/cluster.c:10935)
TypeError: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'no_compact'

Commenting out line 483 of cqlsh.py works around the issue:

# no_compact=no_compact

 I am not the only person impacted, as evidenced by this existing Stack Overflow post from 2/20/2018.