[Distutils] [issue117] Unable to upload package without storing password in ~/.pypirc

[Tarek Ziadé]

This is not related to setuptools but to Distutils so you should file
an issue at bugs.python.org instead.

IIRC I have fixed this in 2.6. What is your Python version ?


On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 12:10 AM, Ted Tibbetts
<setuptools at bugs.python.org> wrote:
>
> New submission from Ted Tibbetts <intuited at gmail.com>:
>
> I can't seem to upload a source distribution without storing my password in ~/.pypirc.
>
> If I have no ~/.pypirc, and I give a the command
>
>    ``$ python setup.py sdist register upload``
>
> and then give my login credentials, this happens at the end:
>
> ::
>
>    running register
>    Password:
>    Registering terminable_thread to http://pypi.python.org/pypi
>    Server response (200): OK
>    running upload
>    Submitting dist/terminable_thread-0.7.tar.gz to http://pypi.python.org/pypi
>    Upload failed (401): Incorrect password
>
> I get similar results if my ``~/.pypirc`` has a line in the ``[pypi]`` section containing just ``password:``, whether or not I omit the ``register`` command.
>
> I was able to upload the distribution by putting my password in ``~/.pypirc``.
>
> The ``upload`` command seems to be checking for the password independently from ``register``; this runs contrary to the documentation_.
>
> .. _documentation: http://docs.python.org/distutils/packageindex.html#pypirc
>
> I'm running the bona fide (not ``distribute``) ``setuptools``, version ``0.6c11``.  This assertion is based on
>
> ::
>
>    $ cat `which easy_install` | grep load
>    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
>       load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c11', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()
>
> and the fact that I just deleted my old ``setuptools`` and installed by executing the current tarball from the ``setuptools`` PyPI page.
>
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> messages: 553
> nosy: intuited
> priority: bug
> status: unread
> title: Unable to upload package without storing password in ~/.pypirc
>
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