regression: distribute will attempt to install a package when it shouldn't, causing failure to install
Bug #571435 reported by
Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #254035: easy_install will install a package that is already there.
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Tahoe-LAFS |
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python-setuptools |
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distribute (Ubuntu) |
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python-setuptools (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Folks:
The "python-setuptools" package in Ubuntu Karmic works for my use case but the "python-setuptools" package in Ubuntu Lucid fails due to a bug that was fixed in the upstream setuptools project but either was not fixed or has subsequently regressed in the upstream "distribute" project. Here is the link to the Distribute project issue:
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Here is the link to the setuptools project issue (fixed in setuptools-0.6c10):
Changed in tahoe-lafs: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
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This issue is currently causing headaches for my co-workers at http:// simplegeo. com . At this point I'm hoping that they'll just revert to Karmic. Karmic is fine. We don't need Lucid at this point.