You are working on a Python-based data processing pipeline that runs on a Linux server. The pipeline consists of several custom packages and modules located in /opt/mypipeline. The directory structure includes:
/opt/mypipeline/
__init__.py
core/
__init__.py
processor.py
utils/
__init__.py
logger.py
The main entry point is /opt/mypipeline/run.py, which imports modules from core and utils. The pipeline is executed using the command:
python /opt/mypipeline/run.py
Recently, the system administrator added a new Python package 'external_lib' to /opt/external_lib, and updated the PYTHONPATH environment variable to include /opt/external_lib. However, after this change, the pipeline fails to start with the following error:
ImportError: cannot import name 'process' from 'core.processor' (unknown location)
You check the PYTHONPATH and find it contains:
/opt/mypipeline:/opt/external_lib
The 'core.processor' module defines a function 'process' that is imported in run.py as:
from core.processor import process
The 'core' package has an __init__.py file. The 'external_lib' package also has a subpackage named 'core' with an __init__.py. What is the most likely cause of the import error?