[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #805: "python setup.py test" complains that "test_suite must be a list" or "ImportError: No module named core.utils.dist" (was: "python setup.py test" complains that "test_suite must be a list")

[Tahoe-LAFS]

#805: "python setup.py test" complains that "test_suite must be a list" or
"ImportError: No module named core.utils.dist"
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     Reporter:  arch_o_median  |      Owner:  nobody
         Type:  defect         |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  minor          |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  unknown        |    Version:  1.5.0
   Resolution:  invalid        |   Keywords:  install dependency
Launchpad Bug:  263697         |
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Old description:

> {{{
> arc at showertimedepot:~/tahoe-darcs/tahoe$ python ./setup.py test
> ....
> Running pycryptopp-0.5.15/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir
> /tmp/easy_install--gFcsx/pycryptopp-0.5.15/egg-dist-tmp-VM0Gi4
> error: Setup script exited with error in pycryptopp setup command:
> test_suite must be a list
> }}}
>
> But version looks correct including pycryptopp: 0.5.15:
> {{{
> arc at showertimedepot:~/tahoe-darcs/tahoe$ ./bin/tahoe --version
> allmydata-tahoe: 1.5.0-r4054, foolscap: 0.4.2, pycryptopp: 0.5.15, zfec:
> 1.4.5, Twisted: 8.2.0, Nevow: 0.9.33-r17222, zope.interface: 3.5.2,
> python: 2.5.2, platform: Linux-Ubuntu_8.10-x86_64-64bit_ELF, sqlite:
> 3.5.9, simplejson: 2.0.9, argparse: 1.0, pyOpenSSL: 0.7, pyutil: 1.4.1,
> zbase32: 1.1.1, setuptools: 0.6c12dev, pysqlite: 2.3.2
> }}}

New description:

 {{{
 arc at showertimedepot:~/tahoe-darcs/tahoe$ python ./setup.py test
 ....
 Running pycryptopp-0.5.15/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir
 /tmp/easy_install--gFcsx/pycryptopp-0.5.15/egg-dist-tmp-VM0Gi4
 error: Setup script exited with error in pycryptopp setup command:
 test_suite must be a list
 }}}

 But version looks correct including pycryptopp: 0.5.15:
 {{{
 arc at showertimedepot:~/tahoe-darcs/tahoe$ ./bin/tahoe --version
 allmydata-tahoe: 1.5.0-r4054, foolscap: 0.4.2, pycryptopp: 0.5.15, zfec:
 1.4.5, Twisted: 8.2.0, Nevow: 0.9.33-r17222, zope.interface: 3.5.2,
 python: 2.5.2, platform: Linux-Ubuntu_8.10-x86_64-64bit_ELF, sqlite:
 3.5.9, simplejson: 2.0.9, argparse: 1.0, pyOpenSSL: 0.7, pyutil: 1.4.1,
 zbase32: 1.1.1, setuptools: 0.6c12dev, pysqlite: 2.3.2
 }}}

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Comment (by daira):

 This can also cause the following stack trace:
 {{{
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "setup.py", line 452, in <module>
     **setup_args
   File "/usr/share/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
   File "/usr/share/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
   File "/usr/share/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
   File "/home/users/aredridel/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.10.0/setuptools-0.6c16dev4.egg/setuptools/command/develop.py",
 line 23, in run
     self.old_run()
   File "/home/users/aredridel/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.10.0/setuptools-0.6c16dev4.egg/setuptools/command/develop.py",
 line 33, in old_run
     self.install_for_development()
   File "/home/users/aredridel/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.10.0/setuptools-0.6c16dev4.egg/setuptools/command/develop.py",
 line 86, in install_for_development
     self.run_command('egg_info')
   File "/usr/share/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
   File "/usr/share/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
   File "/home/users/aredridel/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.10.0/setuptools-0.6c16dev4.egg/setuptools/command/egg_info.py",
 line 169, in run
     writer = ep.load(installer=installer)
   File "/home/users/aredridel/allmydata-
 tahoe-1.10.0/setuptools-0.6c16dev4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 1981, in
 load
     entry = __import__(self.module_name, globals(),globals(),
 ['__name__'])
 ImportError: No module named core.utils.dist
 }}}

 #2216 was a duplicate.

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