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python-setuptools package

setuptools fails with a NameError when installing from an svn 1.5-version working copy

Bug #378096 reported by Jean-Paul Calderone
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python-setuptools
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distribute (Ubuntu)
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Declined for Hardy by Scott Kitterman
python-setuptools (Ubuntu)
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Declined for Hardy by Scott Kitterman

Bug Description

Binary package hint: python-setuptools

When trying to use easy_install to install a Python package from an svn working copy, the following failure occurs:

Creating /var/lib/buildbot/twisted-trunk/linux32-py2.4-nevowinstall/build/installdir/lib/python2.4/site-packages/site.py
byte-compiling /var/lib/buildbot/twisted-trunk/linux32-py2.4-nevowinstall/build/installdir/lib/python2.4/site-packages/site.py to site.pyc
Processing Nevow
Running setup.py -vvv bdist_egg --dist-dir /var/lib/buildbot/twisted-trunk/linux32-py2.4-nevowinstall/build/Divmod/Nevow/egg-dist-tmp-VYKZmZ
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
creating Nevow.egg-info
writing Nevow.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing top-level names to Nevow.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing dependency_links to Nevow.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing manifest file 'Nevow.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
package init file 'twisted/plugins/__init__.py' not found (or not a regular file)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/easy_install", line 7, in ?
    sys.exit(
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1671, in main
    with_ei_usage(lambda:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1659, in with_ei_usage
    return f()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1675, in <lambda>
    distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands, **kw
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/core.py", line 149, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 946, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 211, in run
    self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 427, in easy_install
    return self.install_item(None, spec, tmpdir, deps, True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 476, in install_item
    dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 655, in install_eggs
    return self.build_and_install(setup_script, setup_base)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 930, in build_and_install
    self.run_setup(setup_script, setup_base, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 919, in run_setup
    run_setup(setup_script, args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 26, in run_setup
    DirectorySandbox(setup_dir).run(
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 63, in run
    return func()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 29, in <lambda>
    {'__file__':setup_script, '__name__':'__main__'}
  File "setup.py", line 123, in ?
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/core.py", line 149, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 946, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py", line 167, in run
    self.run_command("egg_info")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 171, in run
    self.find_sources()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 252, in find_sources
    mm.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 306, in run
    self.add_defaults()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/egg_info.py", line 333, in add_defaults
    rcfiles = list(walk_revctrl())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/sdist.py", line 45, in walk_revctrl
    for item in ep.load()(dirname):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/sdist.py", line 52, in _default_revctrl
    for path in finder(dirname,path):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools/command/sdist.py", line 98, in entries_finder
    log.warn("unrecognized .svn/entries format in %s", dirname)
NameError: global name 'log' is not defined
program finished with exit code 1

This seems to be a known upstream bug: http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue64

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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote : Re: [Bug 378096] [NEW] setuptools fails with a NameError when installing from an svn 1.5-version working copy

What Ubuntu release are you using?

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Jean-Paul Calderone (exarkun) wrote :

Oops, sorry:

exarkun@ampere:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04
exarkun@ampere:~$ apt-cache policy python-setuptools
python-setuptools:
  Installed: 0.6c8-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.6c8-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.6c8-0ubuntu2 0
        500 ftp://mirror.hetzner.de hardy/main Packages
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
exarkun@ampere:~$

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Sergey Belov (arikon) wrote :

I have the same problem on Ubuntu Hardy.

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Jean-Paul Calderone (exarkun) wrote :

Seems I mis-linked to the upstream bug report in the ticket description. The actual report is <http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue4>. Near as I can tell, the upstream fix which was applied is <http://svn.python.org/view/sandbox/trunk/setuptools/setuptools/command/sdist.py?r1=52008&r2=60846>. It would seem to be very easy to apply this fix to the Ubuntu package as well.

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Jean-Paul Calderone (exarkun) wrote :

I don't know how to generate a debdiff. Here's a regular diff against the python-setuptools source package, though, which applies the above linked change.

Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn (zooko)
Changed in python-setuptools (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
status: Fix Committed → New
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Gediminas Paulauskas (menesis) wrote :

python-setuptools 0.6c9 as found in intrepid has this problem (name 'log' not defined) fixed. Would be good to upload it to hardy-updates.

However, this would only successfully print the warning "unrecognized .svn/entries format". To support subversion 1.5 working directories, setuptools 0.6c11 is needed.

Changed in python-setuptools (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

Ubuntu is now using the distribute fork of setuptools. Is it affected by this?

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Gediminas Paulauskas (menesis) wrote : Re: [Bug 378096] Re: setuptools fails with a NameError when installing from an svn 1.5-version working copy

2010/4/14 Scott Kitterman <email address hidden>:
> Ubuntu is now using the distribute fork of setuptools.  Is it affected
> by this?

No, this bug was fixed in setuptools 0.6c9, so concerns only hardy --
and the backport would still be very welcome.

Scott Kitterman (kitterman)
Changed in distribute (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Changed in setuptools:
importance: Unknown → Undecided
status: Unknown → New
status: New → Fix Released
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Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote :

Thanks. A complete backport would take a broad test effort. From the description, it seems this would be relatively simple to fix. If someone can provide a patch and how to verify the fix, I can try to get Hardy fixed.

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Gediminas Paulauskas (menesis) wrote :

The most suitable fix is the next upstream version that is in intrepid:

python-setuptools (0.6c9-0ubuntu1) intrepid

this only needs to be rebuilt for hardy-updates.

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Gediminas Paulauskas (menesis) wrote :

So this is actually a duplicate of Bug #262636 .

To properly support subversion 1.5, setuptools 0.6c11 is needed. That was never packaged for Lucid or unstable, because Debian switched to distribute, that had this fix earlier that setuptools. But I have this version packaged at https://edge.launchpad.net/~schooltool-owners/+archive/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=setuptools

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