virtualenv, buildout with python24 and mocker as dependency

[jordilin]

Hi,
When I setup a virtualenv with Python2.4 and do easy_install mocker, it fails with:

Searching for mocker
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/mocker/
Reading http://labix.org/mocker
Reading https://launchpad.net/mocker/+download
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Reading https://launchpad.net/mocker/+download
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Reading https://launchpad.net/mocker/+download
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Reading https://launchpad.net/mocker/+download
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Reading https://launchpad.net/mocker/+download
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Reading https://launchpad.net/mocker/+download
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Reading https://launchpad.net/mocker/+download
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Reading https://launchpad.net/mocker/+download
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
No local packages or download links found for mocker
error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('mocker')

Then, I have to manually download the bz2 package and install it by doing python setup.py install and successfully installs the
egg in my virtualenv /ENV/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mocker-1.0-py2.4.egg
The same happens with a custom buildout that I have to manage my app. It fails with:

Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Download error: unknown url type: https -- Some packages may not be found!
Getting distribution for 'mocker'.
While:
  Installing test.
  Getting distribution for 'mocker'.
Error: Couldn't find a distribution for 'mocker'.
make: *** [bin/test] Error 1

Curiously, it works fine with a Python26 virtualenv.
Searching around I saw a comment in here:
http://code.google.com/p/contentmirror/issues/detail?id=65#c3 (comment 3) but not sure if that is because it's a bzip2 package as again Python26 seems to be fine.
Not much of a problem, but it ruins a bit full automation of test/build process of my app if I have to deal with that manually or leave the mocker egg around.

[jordilin (jordilin)]

My system is an Ubuntu Lucid 64bit.