Bug 1278581

Summary: nikola isn't happy with updated version of python-dateutil
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Adam Miller <admiller>
Component: python-nikolaAssignee: Pete Travis <me>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Adam Miller 2015-11-05 20:49:41 UTC
Description of problem:
python-dateutil got updated to a newer version than nikola is happy with.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
python-nikola-7.3.0-5.fc22.noarch

$ nikola3.4 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 651, in _build_master
    ws.require(__requires__)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 952, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 844, in resolve
    raise VersionConflict(dist, req).with_context(dependent_req)
pkg_resources.ContextualVersionConflict: (python-dateutil 2.4.2 (/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages), Requirement.parse('python-dateutil==2.4.0'), {'Nikola'})

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/nikola3.4", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3084, in <module>
    @_call_aside
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3070, in _call_aside
    f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3097, in _initialize_master_working_set
    working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 653, in _build_master
    return cls._build_from_requirements(__requires__)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 666, in _build_from_requirements
    dists = ws.resolve(reqs, Environment())
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 839, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'python-dateutil==2.4.0' distribution was not found and is required by Nikola

$ nikola
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/nikola", line 5, in <module>
    from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3084, in <module>
    @_call_aside
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3070, in _call_aside
    f(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3097, in _initialize_master_working_set
    working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 653, in _build_master
    return cls._build_from_requirements(__requires__)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 666, in _build_from_requirements
    dists = ws.resolve(reqs, Environment())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 839, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'python-dateutil==2.4.0' distribution was not found and is required by Nikola

Comment 1 Mike McLean 2016-01-04 15:50:27 UTC
For reference:

Upstream commit that added a slew of exact version requirements:
https://github.com/getnikola/nikola/commit/141e6bb43cd4cd8482202b3d93ab94a68a3255e3

Upstream ticket that the above change was "fixing":
https://github.com/getnikola/nikola/issues/1320

Comment 2 Neal Gompa 2016-01-07 04:00:25 UTC
Couldn't we override this in our packaging of python-nikola with a patch?

Comment 3 Adam Miller 2016-01-11 18:01:35 UTC
Yes, this could likely be resolved with a relatively simple patch to the package.

Comment 4 Pete Travis 2016-01-12 04:17:52 UTC
I'm working on that now, sorry for the delay.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1268039 ***