"pip3 install cffi" core dumps

[Gary Allan]

Steps to reproduce

Install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Server (x64)
#sudo apt update
#sudo apt dist-upgrade
#sudo reboot
#sudo apt install python3-pip
#pip3 install cffi
Collecting cffi
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/6d/c0/47db8f624f3e4e2f3f27be03a93379d1ba16a1450a7b1aacfa0366e2c0dd/cffi-1.11.5-cp36-cp36m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
Collecting pycparser (from cffi)
Installing collected packages: pycparser, cffi
Successfully installed cffi-1.11.5 pycparser-2.18
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
#

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: python3-pip 9.0.1-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Apr 28 15:39:52 2018
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=putty
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: python-pip
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

this is the wrong place to report. you should report it to pythonhosted.org, or whoever provides these manylinux wheels

[Gary Allan (ubuntu-gallan)]

I disagree with the "Invalid" status.

"pip3 install cffi" downloads and installs cffi-1.11.5-cp36-cp36m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl successfully on CentOS7 X64 and Debian 9 x64 without issues.

It only fails to install the package, crashing with a core dump using the pip3 package bundled with Ubuntu 18.04. Reported here as this issue is specific to Ubuntu 18.04.

[Evren Yurtesen (eyurtese-g)]

I am having the same problem on Ubuntu 18.04