python-setuptools

  1. Bug #254035
  2. Comment #18

Comment 18 for bug 254035

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Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn (zooko) wrote :

This appears to be a bug in upstream setuptools, not in the Debian/Ubuntu
packaging. I earlier thought that I had confirmed that it did *not* happen with
pristine setuptools, but just now I tried to reproduce it and it happens with
pristine setuptools. Also a Debian developer tried to reproduce it on his
Debian-sid/lenny system and the problem did not manifest there!

I suspect that it might have something to do with
http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue20