easy_install crashed with ValueError in scan_module(): bad marshal data (unknown type code)

[bouba]

easy_install jsbuild fails

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: python-setuptools 0.6.14-5ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 5 10:21:58 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/easy_install
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110301.7)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/easy_install jsbuild
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/easy_install', 'jsbuild']
SourcePackage: distribute
Title: easy_install crashed with ValueError in scan_module(): bad marshal data (unknown type code)
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

[bouba (francois-vanderbiest)]

obviously, this was a mistake : I wanted to easy_install jstools rather than jsbuild

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

Is this still a problem on Ubuntu 11.04? I just ran this with no problem:

$ mkdir /tmp/bar
$ PYTHONPATH=/tmp/bar easy_install -d /tmp/bar jstools

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for distribute (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1058884, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.