[Distutils] buildout/setuptools/distribute unhelpful error message (0.7.x issue?)

[Chris Withers]

On 13/07/2013 17:37, Jason R. Coombs wrote:
> 	It looks like something is trying to install Setuptools 0.7.2, possibly with
> a temporary version of distribute or one that's not visible by default in your
> Python environment.

That would have been buildout's bootstrap.py. Jim, is this fixed in the 
latest 1 and 2 bootstrap.pys?

> 	When you get that error message, I suggest you upgrade away from distribute.

The problem is that this is the stable python-pkg-resources in Debian, 
so likely Ubuntu to. This problem has the potential to affect many many 
users so I hope a sensible story is being developed to deal with it...

> The easiest way to do this if you have distribute installed is to
> 'easy_install -U distribute', which will grab distribute 0.7.3 and install
> setuptools>=0.7.

What's the OS-packages plan for dealing with this? I would consider 
doing the above to an OS-installed package to be pretty anti-social...

> 	I hope that helps. Please report back if that doesn't get you going.

I fixed it before you replied, but it was pretty horrific:

aptitude remove python-pkg-resources
aptitude remove python-pkg-resources python-bzrlib python-pygments
aptitude remove python-pkg-resources bzr python-bzrlib python-pygments
aptitude remove python-pkg-resources bzr bzr-svn python-docutils 
python-bzrlib python-pygments

...which removed a lot of packages. I'm in a position where I can manage 
that, but I'd imagine a "civilian user" could end up in a lot of trouble.

Also, don't forget the weird and crappy setuptools versions that Apple 
will have baked in to the various Pythons that ship with the various Mac 
OS's.

While this merge is a good thing, it's causing a lot of pain from what 
I've heard and experienced.

Chris


>
> Regards,
> Jason
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Distutils-SIG [mailto:distutils-sig-
>> bounces+jaraco=jaraco.com at python.org] On Behalf Of Chris Withers
>> Sent: Sunday, 07 July, 2013 03:09
>> To: distutils sig
>> Subject: [Distutils] buildout/setuptools/distribute unhelpful error message
>> (0.7.x issue?)
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> What is this exception trying to tell me?
>>
>> Downloading
>> https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-
>> 0.7.2.tar.gz
>> Extracting in /tmp/tmpJNVsOY
>> Now working in /tmp/tmpJNVsOY/setuptools-0.7.2 Building a Setuptools egg
>> in /tmp/tmpBLZGeg /tmp/tmpBLZGeg/setuptools-0.7.2-py2.6.egg
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>     File "bootstrap.py", line 91, in <module>
>>       pkg_resources.working_set.add_entry(path)
>>     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 451, in
>> add_entry
>>       self.add(dist, entry, False)
>>     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 542, in
>> add
>>       self._added_new(dist)
>>     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 705, in
>> _added_new
>>       callback(dist)
>>     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2727, in
>> <lambda>
>>       add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
>>     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2227, in
>> activate
>>       self.insert_on(path)
>>     File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2328, in
>> insert_on
>>       "with distribute. Found one at %s" % str(self.location))
>> ValueError: A 0.7-series setuptools cannot be installed with distribute.
>> Found one at /tmp/tmpBLZGeg/setuptools-0.7.2-py2.6.egg
>>
>> I don't see any distribute in there, and I don't know where it might be...
>>
>> $ python2.6
>> Python 2.6.8 (unknown, Jan 29 2013, 10:05:44) [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2 Type
>> "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>   >>> import setuptools
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>     File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> ImportError: No module named setuptools
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> Chris
>>
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