#805 closed defect (somebody else's problem)

"python setup.py test" complains that "test_suite must be a list", or build/install fails with "ImportError: No module named core.utils.dist"

Reported by: arch_o_median Owned by: nobody
Priority: normal Milestone: undecided
Component: unknown Version: 1.5.0
Keywords: install dependency Cc:
Launchpad Bug: 263697

Description (last modified by daira)

arc@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@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

Change History (8)

comment:2 Changed at 2009-09-15T16:11:53Z by zooko

  • Resolution set to invalid
  • Status changed from new to closed

comment:3 Changed at 2009-09-15T16:13:12Z by zooko

(The work-around is to uninstall Elisa.)

comment:4 Changed at 2009-09-15T16:21:22Z by launchpad

  • Launchpad Bug set to 263697

Updating Launchpad bug reference

comment:5 Changed at 2014-04-12T21:16:38Z by daira

  • Description modified (diff)
  • Summary changed from "python setup.py test" complains that "test_suite must be a list" to "python setup.py test" complains that "test_suite must be a list" or "ImportError: No module named core.utils.dist"

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.

Version 0, edited at 2014-04-12T21:16:38Z by daira (next)

comment:6 Changed at 2014-04-12T21:17:12Z by daira

  • Resolution invalid deleted
  • Status changed from closed to reopened

comment:7 Changed at 2014-04-12T21:17:35Z by daira

  • Priority changed from minor to normal
  • Resolution set to somebody else's problem
  • Status changed from reopened to closed

comment:8 Changed at 2014-04-12T21:19:58Z by daira

  • Summary changed from "python setup.py test" complains that "test_suite must be a list" or "ImportError: No module named core.utils.dist" to "python setup.py test" complains that "test_suite must be a list", or build/install fails with "ImportError: No module named core.utils.dist"
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