--- a/src/cm/models.py	Tue May 31 17:56:35 2011 +0200
+++ b/src/cm/models.py	Tue May 31 17:58:47 2011 +0200
@@ -841,3 +841,5 @@
 
 # we fill username with email so we need a bigger value 
 User._meta.get_field('username').max_length = 75
+
+import monkey_patches

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/cm/monkey_patches.py	Tue May 31 17:58:47 2011 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+from south.management.commands.migrate import  Command
+from south.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
+from south import migration
+import sys
+
+### RBA+GIB: prevent uno custom __import__ from messing with south import machinery (to discover south enabled dj apps)
+def new_handle(self, app=None, target=None, skip=False, merge=False, backwards=False, fake=False, db_dry_run=False, show_list=False, database=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, delete_ghosts=False, ignore_ghosts=False, **options):
+
+    # NOTE: THIS IS DUPLICATED FROM django.core.management.commands.syncdb
+    # This code imports any module named 'management' in INSTALLED_APPS.
+    # The 'management' module is the preferred way of listening to post_syncdb
+    # signals, and since we're sending those out with create_table migrations,
+    # we need apps to behave correctly.
+    from django.conf import settings
+    for app_name in settings.INSTALLED_APPS:
+        try:
+            __import__(app_name + '.management', {}, {}, [''])
+        except ImportError, exc:
+            msg = exc.args[0]
+            if (not msg.startswith('No module named') and not msg.endswith(' is unknown') ) or 'management' not in msg:
+                raise
+
+    # END DJANGO DUPE CODE
+        
+    # if all_apps flag is set, shift app over to target
+    if options.get('all_apps', False):
+        target = app
+        app = None
+
+    # Migrate each app
+    if app:
+        try:
+            apps = [Migrations(app)]
+        except NoMigrations:
+            print "The app '%s' does not appear to use migrations." % app
+            print "./manage.py migrate " + self.args
+            return
+    else:
+        apps = list(migration.all_migrations())
+        
+    # Do we need to show the list of migrations?
+    if show_list and apps:
+        list_migrations(apps, database)
+        
+    if not show_list:
+            
+        for app in apps:
+            result = migration.migrate_app(
+                app,
+                target_name = target,
+                fake = fake,
+                db_dry_run = db_dry_run,
+                verbosity = int(options.get('verbosity', 0)),
+                interactive = options.get('interactive', True),
+                load_initial_data = not options.get('no_initial_data', False),
+                merge = merge,
+                skip = skip,
+                database = database,
+                delete_ghosts = delete_ghosts,
+                ignore_ghosts = ignore_ghosts,
+            )
+            if result is False:
+                sys.exit(1) # Migration failed, so the command fails.
+
+Command.handle = new_handle