At 03:10 AM 9/21/2010 +0000, Ted Tibbetts wrote:

Looks like there is a typo in the function `make_zipfile` in the file `command/bdist_enc`: the last line of the else clause of the if construct at the end of the function passes `file` as the third parameter to `visit`; it should be passing `files`, I think.

Symptoms include the exception `TypeError("'instancemethod' object is not iterable")` when attempting to run `easy_install -n some_sdist.tar.gz`.

Applying the attached patch seems to resolve the issue; I'm still not entirely sure what it's telling me, but at least it's not spitting out a stack trace.

Hi Ted. It appears you are using distribute, not setuptools. Unfortunately, some Linux distributions are shipping distribute (a fork of setuptools) under the name "setuptools", which creates user confusion. If you are using your Linux distribution's installation of setuptools, please make sure to file this bug with your Linux distributor as well. Distribute has many changes relative to setuptools, some of which have introduced new bugs. It looks like this is the specific change that introduced the problem you're experiencing: http://bitbucket.org/tarek/distribute/changeset/512db2c962e4 In this case the problem is fairly minor, since it only affects dry runs that would probably fail later in the process anyway. Unless you are using Distribute by choice for its additional features, you may wish to uninstall it and replace it with a stable version of setuptools. (Unfortunately, if you are using your Linux distributor's installation of it, this may not be possible.)