[python-ldap] Why is setuptools installed if setuptools is installed?

[Peter Bengtsson]

Looking at line 76, this baffles me 
http://python-ldap.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/python-ldap/python-ldap/setup.py?revision=1.71&view=markup 

It basically says:: 

    if has_setuptools: 
        kwargs = dict( 
        include_package_data = True, 
        install_requires = ['setuptools'],  # <-- this is line 76 
        zip_safe = False 
        ) 

I suspect this causes setuptools to be re-installed if you do things like this:: 

    $ pip install -I python-ldap 

In fact, I know it breaks our script we use for building a tarball since we use `pip install -I requirements/compiled.txt` and afterwards it breaks our virtualenv with that common error of `pkg_resources` failing on ImportErrors. Note: for us this only happens on a RedHat server. I can't ever reproduce it locally on my OSX. 

Nevertheless, it does not make sense to depend on setuptools only if setuptools already is installed. 


Peter  

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