nova client does not work, fails to import argparse library

[Adam Gandelman]

Setting up python-prettytable (0.5-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up python-novaclient (2.6.7~bzr128-0ubuntu1) ...
ubuntu@ip-10-252-25-136:~$ nova
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/nova", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2707, in <module>
    working_set.require(__requires__)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 686, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 584, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: argparse

It seems nova client uses pkg_resources, but it cannot load the argparse module. argparse is provided as part of the main python package and not installed as a seperate python module.

[Dave Walker (davewalker)]

Declared Fix Committed: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server-dev/python-novaclient/essex/revision/16

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-novaclient - 2012.1~e3~20120111.452-0ubuntu1

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python-novaclient (2012.1~e3~20120111.452-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * New upstream version.
  * Make running the test suite better.
  * Fix argparse import. (LP: #912069)
 -- Chuck Short <email address hidden> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:30:26 +0100