I just fixed a bug in the zc.buildout bootstrap script: http://svn.zope.org/*checkout*/zc.buildout/trunk/bootstrap/ bootstrap.py That caused boostrapping to fail when an old setuptools was installed in the Python path (e.g. system Python). Now, the system Python is used if it's available and ez_setup is used only if necessary. Not only does this avoid failures when older versions of setuptools is installed, but also makes bootstrapping a little faster when setuptools is installed locally. People including bootstrap.py in their projects should update to the new version. Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@zope.com Python Powered! CTO (540) 361-1714 http://www.python.org Zope Corporation http://www.zope.com http://www.zope.org