relative import broken?

basic noob question here.

i am trying to reference a package, i have the structure:

mypack/
__init__.py
test.py
subdir1/
__init__.py
mod1.py
subdir2/
__init__.py
mod2.py

can someone please tell me why the statement:

from mypack.subdir1.mod1 import *

does NOT work from mod2.py nor from test.py?

instead, if i use:

from subdir1.mod1 import *

it works perfectly from test.py.

.....?

thank you,

aj.


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