[TIP] [Distutils] Virtualenv bug breaking tox runs

[Ionel Cristian Mărieș]

You could try using the virtualenv rewrite (my branch) - it's well tested,
albeit unreviewed. AFAIK it doesn't have the issue you've hit.

Just run: pip install
https://github.com/ionelmc/virtualenv/archive/develop.zip




Thanks,
-- Ionel Cristian Mărieș, http://blog.ionelmc.ro

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Marius Gedminas <marius at gedmin.as> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:55:50AM -0400, Randy Syring wrote:
> > I'm trying to use tox from python2 to test a python3 environment. But I
> get
> > an exception like the following:
> >
> > >rsyring at loftex:~/projects/blaze/blazeutils-src$ python -m virtualenv
> > >--python python3 ~/tmp/testvenv
> > >Running virtualenv with interpreter /home/rsyring/bin/python3
> > >Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 14,
> in
> > ><module>
> > >    import shutil
> > >  File "/opt/python34/lib/python3.4/shutil.py", line 11, in <module>
> > >    import fnmatch
> > >  File "/opt/python34/lib/python3.4/fnmatch.py", line 15, in <module>
> > >    import functools
> > >  File "/opt/python34/lib/python3.4/functools.py", line 21, in <module>
> > >    from collections import namedtuple
> > >  File "/opt/python34/lib/python3.4/collections/__init__.py", line 17,
> in
> > ><module>
> > >    from reprlib import recursive_repr as _recursive_repr
> > >  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/reprlib.py", line 3, in
> > ><module>
> > >    from repr import *
> > >ImportError: No module named 'repr'
> >
> > There is a bug for this in virtualenv:
> >
> >     https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/625
> >
> > So, I realize I could use `python3 -m virtualenv` if I was running the
> > command myself.  But, tox is making the call to virtualenv.
> >
> > This was working the last time I tested it but has now broken.  I'm
> guessing
> > that is because I upgraded tox or virtualenv?
>
> It broke now because you 'sudo pip install'ed something that depends on
> something that ships /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/reprlib.py
> (which probably comes from pies2overrides)
>
> > Any pointers welcome as to the best way to resolve this issue now?
>
> I would recommend sudo pip uninstall pies2overrides (and whatever
> depended on it).  A good way to avoid pain is to never ever 'sudo pip
> install' stuff.
>
> A different workaround would be to create a clean virtualenv, install
> tox into it, then run tox from that virtualenv.
>
> Marius Gedminas
> --
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>         -- Bernd Petrovitsch
>
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