easy_install crashed with ZipImportError in egg_distribution()

[Germán Poo-Caamaño]

Binary package hint: python-setuptools

It fails with the package hgsvn-0.1.5-py2.5.egg available at http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.5/h/hgsvn/

gpoo@calcifer:~$ file hgsvn-0.1.5-py2.5.egg
hgsvn-0.1.5-py2.5.egg: Zip archive data, at least v2.0 to extract
gpoo@calcifer:~$ unzip -t hgsvn*egg
Archive: hgsvn-0.1.5-py2.5.egg
    testing: EGG-INFO/zip-safe OK
    testing: EGG-INFO/SOURCES.txt OK
    testing: EGG-INFO/top_level.txt OK
    testing: EGG-INFO/entry_points.txt OK
    testing: EGG-INFO/PKG-INFO OK
    testing: EGG-INFO/dependency_links.txt OK
    testing: hgsvn/common.py OK
    testing: hgsvn/svnclient.pyc OK
    testing: hgsvn/__init__.pyc OK
    testing: hgsvn/__init__.pyo OK
    testing: hgsvn/svnclient.py OK
    testing: hgsvn/svnclient.pyo OK
    testing: hgsvn/errors.pyc OK
    testing: hgsvn/errors.pyo OK
    testing: hgsvn/common.pyc OK
    testing: hgsvn/errors.py OK
    testing: hgsvn/__init__.py OK
    testing: hgsvn/common.pyo OK
    testing: hgsvn/run/hgimportsvn.py OK
    testing: hgsvn/run/common.py OK
    testing: hgsvn/run/hgimportsvn.pyo OK
    testing: hgsvn/run/hgimportsvn.pyc OK
    testing: hgsvn/run/__init__.pyc OK
    testing: hgsvn/run/__init__.pyo OK
    testing: hgsvn/run/hgpullsvn.pyc OK
    testing: hgsvn/run/hgpullsvn.py OK
    testing: hgsvn/run/common.pyc OK
    testing: hgsvn/run/__init__.py OK
    testing: hgsvn/run/hgpullsvn.pyo OK
    testing: hgsvn/run/common.pyo OK
    testing: hgsvn/unittests/test_common.pyo OK
    testing: hgsvn/unittests/test_common.py OK
    testing: hgsvn/unittests/__init__.pyc OK
    testing: hgsvn/unittests/__init__.pyo OK
    testing: hgsvn/unittests/test_common.pyc OK
    testing: hgsvn/unittests/test_svnclient.py OK
    testing: hgsvn/unittests/_test.py OK
    testing: hgsvn/unittests/_test.pyo OK
    testing: hgsvn/unittests/test_svnclient.pyo OK
    testing: hgsvn/unittests/__init__.py OK
    testing: hgsvn/unittests/_test.pyc OK
    testing: hgsvn/unittests/test_svnclient.pyc OK
No errors detected in compressed data of hgsvn-0.1.5-py2.5.egg.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Apr 30 22:16:55 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/easy_install
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: python-setuptools 0.6c8-0ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/easy_install -n -d /home/username/lib/python hgsvn-0.1.5-py2.5.egg
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/home/username/bin:/home/username/code/bzr/postr.dev:/home/username/code/pgsql/settings/bin
 LC_COLLATE=C
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/easy_install', '-n', '-d', '/home/username/lib/python', 'hgsvn-0.1.5-py2.5.egg']
SourcePackage: python-setuptools
Title: easy_install crashed with ZipImportError in egg_distribution()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse kvm lpadmin plugdev video

[Germán Poo-Caamaño (gpoo)]

If I try:

gpoo@calcifer:~$ easy_install -n -d /home/gpoo/lib/python hgsvn
Creating /home/gpoo/lib/python/site.py
Searching for hgsvn
Best match: hgsvn 0.1.4
Adding hgsvn 0.1.4 to easy-install.pth file
Installing hgimportsvn script to /home/gpoo/lib/python
Installing hgpullsvn script to /home/gpoo/lib/python

Using /home/gpoo/lib/python
Processing dependencies for hgsvn
Finished processing dependencies for hgsvn

However, If I try:
$ easy_install -n -d /home/gpoo/lib/python --upgrade hgsvn
Creating /home/gpoo/lib/python/site.py
Searching for hgsvn
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/hgsvn/
Best match: hgsvn 0.1.5
Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.5/h/hgsvn/hgsvn-0.1.5-py2.5.egg#md5=5fccc189bb3c06243a7aaaa89752e347
Processing hgsvn-0.1.5-py2.5.egg
Moving hgsvn-0.1.5-py2.5.egg to /home/gpoo/lib/python
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/easy_install", line 8, in <module>
    load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c8', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1671, in main
    with_ei_usage(lambda:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1659, in with_ei_usage
    return f()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1675, in <lambda>
    distclass=DistributionWithoutHelpCommands, **kw
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/distutils/dist.py", line 994, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 211, in run
    self.easy_install(spec, not self.no_deps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 446, in easy_install
    return self.install_item(spec, dist.location, tmpdir, deps)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 476, in install_item
    dists = self.install_eggs(spec, download, tmpdir)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 619, in install_eggs
    return [self.install_egg(dist_filename, tmpdir)]
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 696, in install_egg
    return self.egg_distribution(destination)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 661, in egg_distribution
    metadata = EggMetadata(zipimport.zipimporter(egg_path))
zipimport.ZipImportError: not a Zip file

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

confimed with 0.6c9.

[Zubin Mithra (zubin-mithra)]

problem does not exist for ubuntu karmic, however.