[Distutils] Setuptools/Distribute error with 0.7.2

Jason R. Coombs jaraco at jaraco.com
Sun Jun 9 20:29:01 CEST 2013


Hi Julian,

                I believe for those packages that call `use_setuptools()`
from `distribute_setup.py`, the only option to support them is to install
Distribute 0.7 (the stub package), which I believe will satisfy the
use_setuptools() call so it doesn't attempt to install Distribute 0.6.

 

                As mentioned in another post, I've temporarily pulled
Distribute 0.7 from PyPI until we can determine a way to avoid the pip
upgrade issue. In the meantime, if you install Distribute 0.7 from
https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/downloads, does that solve your issue?

 

Regards,

Jason

 

From: Distutils-SIG
[mailto:distutils-sig-bounces+jaraco=jaraco.com at python.org] On Behalf Of
Julian Berman
Sent: Sunday, 09 June, 2013 14:21
To: distutils-sig at python.org
Subject: Re: [Distutils] Setuptools/Distribute error with 0.7.2

 

(I was also getting this until I used easy_install to upgrade)

 

What is supposed to happen with stuff that used to do `use_setuptools()` in
their setup.py now?

 

I upgraded to setuptools 0.7.2, but now if I try to install a thing that has
that in the setup.py, it seems to want to try and install distribute, and I
get:

 

Downloading/unpacking pudb (from -r
/Users/Julian/.local/share/virtualenvs/requirements-every-virtualenv.txt
(line 2))

  Using download cache from
/Users/Julian/Library/Caches/pip/https%3A%2F%2Fpypi.python.org
<http://2Fpypi.python.org>
%2Fpackages%2Fsource%2Fp%2Fpudb%2Fpudb-2013.2.tar.gz

  Running setup.py egg_info for package pudb

    Downloading
http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.35.tar.gz

    Extracting in /var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3

    Now working in
/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribute-0.6.35

    Building a Distribute egg in
/Users/Julian/.local/share/virtualenvs/great/build/pudb

    Traceback (most recent call last):

      File "setup.py", line 45, in <module>

        exec(init_file.read(), d)

      File "<string>", line 8, in <module>

      File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/setuptools/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>

        from setuptools.extension import Extension, Library

      File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/setuptools/extension.py", line 5, in <module>

        from setuptools.dist import _get_unpatched

      File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/setuptools/dist.py", line 6, in <module>

        from setuptools.command.install import install

      File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/setuptools/command/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>

        from setuptools.command import install_scripts

      File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py", line 3, in <module>

        from pkg_resources import Distribution, PathMetadata,
ensure_directory

      File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/pkg_resources.py", line 2825, in <module>

        add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())

      File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/pkg_resources.py", line 710, in subscribe

        callback(dist)

      File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/pkg_resources.py", line 2825, in <lambda>

        add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())

      File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/pkg_resources.py", line 2257, in activate

        self.insert_on(path)

      File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/pkg_resources.py", line 2358, 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
/Users/Julian/.local/share/virtualenvs/great/lib/python2.7/site-packages/set
uptools-0.7.2-py2.7.egg

 
/Users/Julian/.local/share/virtualenvs/great/build/pudb/distribute-0.6.35-py
2.7.egg

    Traceback (most recent call last):

      File "<string>", line 16, in <module>

      File
"/Users/Julian/.local/share/virtualenvs/great/build/pudb/setup.py", line 5,
in <module>

        use_setuptools()

      File "distribute_setup.py", line 152, in use_setuptools

        return _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir, download_delay)

      File "distribute_setup.py", line 132, in _do_download

        _build_egg(egg, tarball, to_dir)

      File "distribute_setup.py", line 123, in _build_egg

        raise IOError('Could not build the egg.')

    IOError: Could not build the egg.

    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:

    Downloading
http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.35.tar.gz

 

Extracting in /var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3

 

Now working in
/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribute-0.6.35

 

Building a Distribute egg in
/Users/Julian/.local/share/virtualenvs/great/build/pudb

 

Traceback (most recent call last):

 

  File "setup.py", line 45, in <module>

 

    exec(init_file.read(), d)

 

  File "<string>", line 8, in <module>

 

  File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/setuptools/__init__.py", line 2, in <module>

 

    from setuptools.extension import Extension, Library

 

  File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/setuptools/extension.py", line 5, in <module>

 

    from setuptools.dist import _get_unpatched

 

  File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/setuptools/dist.py", line 6, in <module>

 

    from setuptools.command.install import install

 

  File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/setuptools/command/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>

 

    from setuptools.command import install_scripts

 

  File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/setuptools/command/install_scripts.py", line 3, in <module>

 

    from pkg_resources import Distribution, PathMetadata, ensure_directory

 

  File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/pkg_resources.py", line 2825, in <module>

 

    add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())

 

  File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/pkg_resources.py", line 710, in subscribe

 

    callback(dist)

 

  File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/pkg_resources.py", line 2825, in <lambda>

 

    add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())

 

  File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/pkg_resources.py", line 2257, in activate

 

    self.insert_on(path)

 

  File
"/private/var/folders/zc/bzrwlgxd51594q6lt1yrx5v00000gn/T/tmp8NepZ3/distribu
te-0.6.35/pkg_resources.py", line 2358, 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
/Users/Julian/.local/share/virtualenvs/great/lib/python2.7/site-packages/set
uptools-0.7.2-py2.7.egg

 

/Users/Julian/.local/share/virtualenvs/great/build/pudb/distribute-0.6.35-py
2.7.egg

 

Traceback (most recent call last):

 

  File "<string>", line 16, in <module>

 

  File "/Users/Julian/.local/share/virtualenvs/great/build/pudb/setup.py",
line 5, in <module>

 

    use_setuptools()

 

  File "distribute_setup.py", line 152, in use_setuptools

 

    return _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir, download_delay)

 

  File "distribute_setup.py", line 132, in _do_download

 

    _build_egg(egg, tarball, to_dir)

 

  File "distribute_setup.py", line 123, in _build_egg

 

    raise IOError('Could not build the egg.')

 

IOError: Could not build the egg.

 

----------------------------------------

Command python setup.py egg_info failed with error code 1 in
/Users/Julian/.local/share/virtualenvs/great/build/pudb

S

 

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