PyPi bug?

[Nagy László Zsolt]

Today I have tried to register and upload a new package by executing

setup.py register


I was asked if I want to save the creditentials in a .pypirc file and I
answered yes.

Next I wanted to run

setup.py upload

and I got this error:


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python\Projects\some_package\setup.py", line 15, in <module>
    classifiers=['Topic :: Security', 'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP'],
  File "C:\Python35\lib\distutils\core.py", line 148, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "C:\Python35\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 955, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 973, in run_command
    cmd_obj.ensure_finalized()
  File "C:\Python35\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 107, in ensure_finalized
    self.finalize_options()
  File "C:\Python35\lib\distutils\command\upload.py", line 46, in
finalize_options
    config = self._read_pypirc()
  File "C:\Python35\lib\distutils\config.py", line 83, in _read_pypirc
    current[key] = config.get(server, key)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\configparser.py", line 798, in get
    d)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\configparser.py", line 396, in before_get
    self._interpolate_some(parser, option, L, value, section, defaults, 1)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\configparser.py", line 445, in _interpolate_some
    "found: %r" % (rest,))
configparser.InterpolationSyntaxError: '%' must be followed by '%' or
'(', found
: *****************'

Instead of the many stars, of course there is the password. The problem
might be that the password contains a % character, and it was
incorrectly saved by distutils.

Can somebody please confirm that this is a bug in distutils? The we
probably have to submit a bug report.

Thanks,

   Laszlo