[Distutils] zc.buildout and ez_setup

[Ross Patterson]

A projects which using ez_setup in its setup.py as described in:

http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/setuptools#id23

...seems not to play nicely with zc.buildout.

To reproduce make an empty directory and download ez_setup.py and
bootstrap.py into it:

http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
http://svn.zope.org/*checkout*/zc.buildout/trunk/bootstrap/bootstrap.py

Then make an empty setup.py::

    #!/usr/bin/env python
    import ez_setup
    ez_setup.use_setuptools()
    
    from setuptools import setup
    
    setup(name='foo')

Make an empty buildout.cfg::

    [buildout]
    develop = .

Then bootstrap buildout::

    $ python bootstrap.py -v

Finally run buildout.  Note that an error occurs importing ez_setup::
      
    $ bin/buildout -v
    Installing 'zc.buildout', 'setuptools'.
    We have the best distribution that satisfies 'zc.buildout'.
    Picked: zc.buildout = 1.0.0b30
    We have the best distribution that satisfies 'setuptools'.
    Picked: setuptools = 0.6c7
    Develop: '/tmp/foo/.'
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/tmp/tmpsDYTIA", line 10, in ?
        execfile('/tmp/foo/./setup.py')
      File "/tmp/foo/./setup.py", line 2, in ?
        import ez_setup
    ImportError: No module named ez_setup
    While:
      Installing.
      Processing develop directory '/tmp/foo/.'.
    
    An internal error occured due to a bug in either zc.buildout or in a
    recipe being used:
    
    AssertionError:

Should I post this report anywhere else?

Ross