David Glick <[email protected]> writes: > On 1/28/12 1:24 PM, Ross Patterson wrote: >> FYI, I also tried doing: >> >> $ virtualenv -p ~/src/buildout.python/python-2.6/bin/python2.6 >> --no-site-packages --distribute --clear . >> >> ...for both Python 2.5 and 2.6 and then deleting the distribute egg from >> lib/python2.#/site-packages but even that resulted in test failures. >> Not sure if this indicates a problem with the way buildout.python builds >> python. >> > I think this is simply because some of the zc.buildout tests run > python -S (don't use site.py), and virtualenv relies on a modified > site.py to add the stdlib to sys.path. IOW, the zc.buildout tests are > not compatible with virtualenv's approach to isolation.
Ah, I didn't know that's how virtualenv did things. Thanks for the explanation. BTW, thanks to your help, I have properly running tests and have gotten the env-cache branch to pass all tests. Yay! So, now that all tests are passing, can someone review this branch and give me feedback? Ross _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
