Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 64302
python2 distutils.core broken, depends on python2-devel
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:38:02 EDT
Description of Problem: any simple setup script (setup.py) will fail when invoked with python2 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python2-2.2-16 (skipjack-2 + up2date updates) How Reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. fetch a package with a setup.py script (for example http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mimelib/email-2.0.1.tar.gz) 2. run 'python2 setup.py install Actual Results: Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 19, in ? packages=['email'], File "/usr/src/build/87651-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/core.py", line 138, in setup File "/usr/src/build/87651-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/dist.py", line 893, in run_commands File "/usr/src/build/87651-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/dist.py", line 912, in run_command File "/usr/lib/python2.2/cmd.py", line 112, in ensure_finalized File "/usr/src/build/87651-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/command/install.py", line 268, in finalize_options File "/usr/src/build/87651-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 408, in get_config_vars File "/usr/src/build/87651-i386/install/usr/lib/python2.2/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 313, in _init_posix distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: invalid Python installation: unable to open /usr/lib/python2.2/config/Makefile (No such file or directory) Expected Results: program installation :) Additional Information:
Works here... email-2.0.1: [root@halden email-2.0.1]# python2 setup.py install running install running build running build_py creating build creating build/lib creating build/lib/email copying email/Charset.py -> build/lib/email copying email/Encoders.py -> build/lib/email copying email/Errors.py -> build/lib/email copying email/Generator.py -> build/lib/email copying email/Header.py -> build/lib/email copying email/Iterators.py -> build/lib/email copying email/MIMEAudio.py -> build/lib/email copying email/MIMEBase.py -> build/lib/email copying email/MIMEImage.py -> build/lib/email copying email/MIMEMessage.py -> build/lib/email copying email/MIMEText.py -> build/lib/email copying email/Message.py -> build/lib/email copying email/Parser.py -> build/lib/email copying email/Utils.py -> build/lib/email copying email/__init__.py -> build/lib/email copying email/base64MIME.py -> build/lib/email copying email/quopriMIME.py -> build/lib/email running install_lib creating /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/Charset.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/Encoders.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/Errors.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/Generator.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/Header.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/Iterators.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/MIMEAudio.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/MIMEBase.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/MIMEImage.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/MIMEMessage.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/MIMEText.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/Message.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/Parser.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/Utils.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/__init__.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/base64MIME.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email copying build/lib/email/quopriMIME.py -> /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/Charset.py to Charset.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/Encoders.py to Encoders.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/Errors.py to Errors.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/Generator.py to Generator.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/Header.py to Header.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/Iterators.py to Iterators.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/MIMEAudio.py to MIMEAudio.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/MIMEBase.py to MIMEBase.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/MIMEImage.py to MIMEImage.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/MIMEMessage.py to MIMEMessage.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/MIMEText.py to MIMEText.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/Message.py to Message.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/Parser.py to Parser.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/Utils.py to Utils.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/__init__.py to __init__.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/base64MIME.py to base64MIME.pyc byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/email/quopriMIME.py to quopriMIME.pyc [root@halden email-2.0.1]# rpm -q python2 python2-2.2-16 [root@halden email-2.0.1]#
I was bitten again by this and took the time to find out the real problem. It seems like python2-devel needs to be installed before distutils.core functionality works. I think this is a bug since installing software is a normal activity and quite different from compiling python extentions in c, that python2-devel is used for otherwise. So, please move /usr/lib/python2.2/config/Makefile from python2-devel to python2 as it is needed by at least distutils.core
Not a bug, you're working with python code.