SyntaxError: invalid syntax

[Seth Arnold]

I'm trying to use the Juju PPA on Raring, and got the following error in my juju debug-log:

LXCError: Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale encoding
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/__init__.py", line 123
    raise CodecRegistryError,\

My locale is pretty standard:

$ locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

Here's the entire traceback:

~$ juju debug-log
2013-03-22 17:32:57,670 INFO Enabling distributed debug log.
2013-03-22 17:32:57,672 INFO Tailing logs - Ctrl-C to stop.
2013-03-22 17:33:08,679 Machine:0: twisted ERROR: Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale encoding
2013-03-22 17:33:08,679 Machine:0: twisted ERROR: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/__init__.py", line 123
2013-03-22 17:33:08,680 Machine:0: twisted ERROR: raise CodecRegistryError,\
2013-03-22 17:33:08,680 Machine:0: twisted ERROR: ^
2013-03-22 17:33:08,681 Machine:0: twisted ERROR: SyntaxError: invalid syntax
2013-03-22 17:33:08,681 Machine:0: twisted ERROR:
2013-03-22 17:33:08,683 Machine:0: juju.agents.machine ERROR: Error starting unit: wordpress/0
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/juju/agents/machine.py", line 97, in watch_service_units
    yield self.unit_deployer.start_service_unit(unit_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 1069, in _inlineCallbacks
    result = result.throwExceptionIntoGenerator(g)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/python/failure.py", line 389, in throwExceptionIntoGenerator
    return g.throw(self.type, self.value, self.tb)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/juju/unit/deploy.py", line 91, in start_service_unit
    running = yield deployment.is_running()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 1069, in _inlineCallbacks
    result = result.throwExceptionIntoGenerator(g)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/python/failure.py", line 389, in throwExceptionIntoGenerator
    return g.throw(self.type, self.value, self.tb)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/juju/machine/unit.py", line 301, in is_running
    prefix=self.container.container_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 1069, in _inlineCallbacks
    result = result.throwExceptionIntoGenerator(g)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/python/failure.py", line 389, in throwExceptionIntoGenerator
    return g.throw(self.type, self.value, self.tb)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/juju/lib/lxc/__init__.py", line 147, in get_containers
    _, output = yield deferToThread(_cmd, ["lxc-ls"])
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/python/threadpool.py", line 172, in _worker
    result = context.call(ctx, function, *args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/python/context.py", line 118, in callWithContext
    return self.currentContext().callWithContext(ctx, func, *args, **kw)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/python/context.py", line 81, in callWithContext
    return func(*args,**kw)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/juju/lib/lxc/__init__.py", line 48, in _cmd
    raise LXCError(stdout_data)
LXCError: Fatal Python error: Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale encoding
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/encodings/__init__.py", line 123
    raise CodecRegistryError,\
                            ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Thanks

[Juhapekka Piiroinen (juhapekka-piiroinen)]

Same issue here. Running on raring 64-bit.

machine_agent.log @ http://paste.ubuntu.com/5649810/

[Kapil Thangavelu (hazmat)]

Stripping the env prior to running lxc-ls should do the trick.

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

We discussed this over IRC/email. Kapil's right, and one thing to make sure of is that all your Python shebang lines run Python with the -Es flags to ensure any weird settings of Python-related environment variables do not infect the processes.