I'm trying to install a custom package in a buildout managed Plone 3 site in /develop-src named (for the sake of argument) 'foobar.wontbloodywork'. Yet I keep getting an error 'z3cform.datetimewidget.pot: File name too long' I get the same result on a freshly built Ubuntu server with no previous eggs. The custom packages used to install fine in an older (12 month +) project. It was suggested to me (via the Plone Users mailing list) that this might be a distribute error. Can anyone on this list offer any insights? Results of buildout -vvvv below: Develop: '/Users/foobar/development/sites/gpi/gpi3/develop-src/foobar.wontbloodywork' in: '/Users/foobar/development/sites/gpi/gpi3/develop-src/foobar.wontbloodywork' /var/folders/N1/N1WTRWwWE5Gfqr-Sut+UVk+++TM/-Tmp-/tmpXFTFnd -q develop -mxN -d /Users/foobar/development/sites/gpi/gpi3/develop-eggs/tmp00VAgBbuild install_dir . install_dir . install_dir . install_dir . install_dir . install_dir . install_dir . install_dir . install_dir . install_dir . install_dir . install_dir . install_dir . install_dir . Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/folders/N1/N1WTRWwWE5Gfqr-Sut+UVk+++TM/-Tmp-/tmpXFTFnd", line 11, in ? execfile('/Users/foobar/development/sites/gpi/gpi3/develop-src/foobar.wontbloodywork/setup.py') File "/Users/foobar/development/sites/gpi/gpi3/develop-src/foobar.wontbloodywork/setup.py", line 56, in ? paster_plugins = ["ZopeSkel"], File "/opt/local/lib/python2.4/distutils/core.py", line 110, in setup _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs) File "/Users/foobar/.eggs/distribute-0.6.14-py2.4.egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 225, in __init__ _Distribution.__init__(self,attrs) File "/opt/local/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 240, in __init__ self.finalize_options() File "/Users/foobar/.eggs/distribute-0.6.14-py2.4.egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 257, in finalize_options ep.require(installer=self.fetch_build_egg) File "/Users/foobar/.eggs/distribute-0.6.14-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 1966, in require working_set.resolve(self.dist.requires(self.extras),env,installer)) File "/Users/foobar/.eggs/distribute-0.6.14-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 544, in resolve dist = best[req.key] = env.best_match(req, self, installer) File "/Users/foobar/.eggs/distribute-0.6.14-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 786, in best_match return self.obtain(req, installer) # try and download/install File "/Users/foobar/.eggs/distribute-0.6.14-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 798, in obtain return installer(requirement) File "/Users/foobar/.eggs/distribute-0.6.14-py2.4.egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 293, in fetch_build_egg return cmd.easy_install(req) File "/Users/foobar/.eggs/distribute-0.6.14-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 582, in easy_install return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps) File "/Users/foobar/.eggs/distribute-0.6.14-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 612, in install_item dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir) File "/Users/foobar/.eggs/distribute-0.6.14-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 802, in install_eggs return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base) File "/Users/foobar/.eggs/distribute-0.6.14-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1079, in build_and_install self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args) File "/Users/foobar/.eggs/distribute-0.6.14-py2.4.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1070, in run_setup raise DistutilsError("Setup script exited with %s" % (v.args[0],)) distutils.errors.DistutilsError: Setup script exited with error: Setup script exited with error: Setup script exited with error: Setup script exited with error: Setup script exited with error: Setup script exited with error: Setup script exited with error: Setup script exited with error: Setup script exited with error: Setup script exited with error: Setup script exited with error: Setup script exited with error: Setup script exited with error: /var/folders/N1/N1WTRWwWE5Gfqr-Sut+UVk+++TM/-Tmp-/easy_install-1srx5w/plone.app.z3cform-0.5.0/temp/easy_install-9Uu00i/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/temp/easy_install-D3fuI0/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/temp/easy_install-ZmcdZR/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/temp/easy_install-hAO4T6/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/temp/easy_install-gabkaJ/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/temp/easy_install-eev8-a/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/temp/easy_install--bZxqg/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/temp/easy_install-FeERFa/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/temp/easy_install-RT9zdd/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/temp/easy_install-WaJDIy/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/temp/easy_install-7Fa2cl/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/temp/easy_install-37Xaaj/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/temp/easy_install-e_tXs0/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget-1.0.2/src/collective/z3cform/datetimewidget/locales/collective.z3cform.datetimewidget.pot: File name too long While: Installing. Processing develop directory '/Users/foobar/development/sites/gpi/gpi3/develop-src/foobar.wontbloodywork'. An internal error occured due to a bug in either zc.buildout or in a recipe being used: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/private/var/folders/N1/N1WTRWwWE5Gfqr-Sut+UVk+++TM/-Tmp-/tmpZ8LHi3/zc.buildout-1.4.3-py2.4.egg/zc/buildout/buildout.py", line 1660, in main File "/private/var/folders/N1/N1WTRWwWE5Gfqr-Sut+UVk+++TM/-Tmp-/tmpZ8LHi3/zc.buildout-1.4.3-py2.4.egg/zc/buildout/buildout.py", line 394, in install File "/private/var/folders/N1/N1WTRWwWE5Gfqr-Sut+UVk+++TM/-Tmp-/tmpZ8LHi3/zc.buildout-1.4.3-py2.4.egg/zc/buildout/buildout.py", line 634, in _develop File "/private/var/folders/N1/N1WTRWwWE5Gfqr-Sut+UVk+++TM/-Tmp-/tmpZ8LHi3/zc.buildout-1.4.3-py2.4.egg/zc/buildout/easy_install.py", line 894, in develop AssertionError