Bug 594597 – "pydoc -k" fails with sysconfig.py:375:_init_posix:DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib64/python2.6/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)

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Bug 594597 - "pydoc -k" fails with sysconfig.py:375:_init_posix:DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib64/python2.6/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)

Summary:	"pydoc -k" fails with sysconfig.py:375:_init_posix:DistutilsPlatformError: in...

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	python (Show other bugs)
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Version:	12
Hardware:	x86_64 Linux

Priority	low Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Dave Malcolm
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Reported:	2010-05-21 02:38 EDT by Jan Dvořák
Modified:	2010-07-02 10:29 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2010-07-02 10:29:40 EDT
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File: backtrace (1.89 KB, text/plain) 2010-05-21 02:38 EDT, Jan Dvořák	no flags	Details
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Description Jan Dvořák 2010-05-21 02:38:43 EDT

abrt 1.0.9 detected a crash.

architecture: x86_64
cmdline: /usr/bin/python2.6 /usr/bin/pydoc -k pgsql
comment: Just executed `pydoc -k pgsql`.
component: python
executable: /usr/bin/pydoc
kernel: 2.6.32.12-115.fc12.x86_64
package: python-2.6.2-4.fc12
reason: sysconfig.py:375:_init_posix:DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib64/python2.6/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)
release: Fedora release 12 (Constantine)

backtrace
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sysconfig.py:375:_init_posix:DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib64/python2.6/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/pydoc", line 5, in <module>
    pydoc.cli()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/pydoc.py", line 2264, in cli
    apropos(val)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/pydoc.py", line 1962, in apropos
    ModuleScanner().run(callback, key)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/pydoc.py", line 1927, in run
    for importer, modname, ispkg in pkgutil.walk_packages(onerror=onerror):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/pkgutil.py", line 125, in walk_packages
    for item in walk_packages(path, name+'.', onerror):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/pkgutil.py", line 125, in walk_packages
    for item in walk_packages(path, name+'.', onerror):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/pkgutil.py", line 110, in walk_packages
    __import__(name)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/__init__.py", line 59, in <module>
    class FCompiler(CCompiler):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/__init__.py", line 195, in FCompiler
    shared_lib_extension = get_config_var('SO')  # or .dll
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 579, in get_config_var
    return get_config_vars().get(name)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 518, in get_config_vars
    func()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 375, in _init_posix
    raise DistutilsPlatformError(my_msg)
DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib64/python2.6/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)

Local variables in innermost frame:
msg: IOError(2, 'No such file or directory')
g: {}
my_msg: 'invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib64/python2.6/config/Makefile (No such file or directory)'
filename: '/usr/lib64/python2.6/config/Makefile'

Comment 1 Jan Dvořák 2010-05-21 02:38:46 EDT

Created attachment 415587 [details]
File: backtrace

Comment 2 Dave Malcolm 2010-07-01 19:24:47 EDT

Thanks for filing this bug report; sorry about the late response.

This sounds like a duplicate of bug 531901 (sysconfig failing), along with bug 461419 (pydoc not being robust in the face of failing modules).

What is the output of running the command:
  rpm -q python python-devel

Are you still able to reproduce this bug?

Thanks

Comment 3 Jan Dvořák 2010-07-02 01:08:05 EDT

Nope, not anymore. Feel free to close.

Comment 4 Dave Malcolm 2010-07-02 10:29:40 EDT

Thanks for the info! 

Closing this bug, as per comment #2.

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