Fixed #34778 -- Avoided importing modules in startapp/startproject.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/django/core/management/templates.py b/django/core/management/templates.py
index c9cdc25566..633eed781d 100644
--- a/django/core/management/templates.py
+++ b/django/core/management/templates.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import posixpath
 import shutil
 import stat
 import tempfile
-from importlib import import_module
+from importlib.util import find_spec
 from urllib.request import build_opener
 
 import django
@@ -275,12 +275,8 @@ class TemplateCommand(BaseCommand):
                     type=name_or_dir,
                 )
             )
-        # Check it cannot be imported.
-        try:
-            import_module(name)
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
-        else:
+        # Check that __spec__ doesn't exist.
+        if find_spec(name) is not None:
             raise CommandError(
                 "'{name}' conflicts with the name of an existing Python "
                 "module and cannot be used as {an} {app} {type}. Please try "