Okay, the Tahoe setup.py now has a couple of work-arounds for this issue on two platforms:
http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/browser/setup.py?rev=20080924174255-80e44-63903e9efb0c9b8a6f58cedfbc96ecb6f352837a#L15 15 basedir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) 16 pyver = "python%d.%d" % (sys.version_info[:2]) 17 if sys.platform == "win32": 18 supportlib = os.path.join("support", "Lib", "site-packages") 19 else: 20 supportlib = os.path.join("support", "lib", pyver, "site-packages") 21 supportlib = os.path.join(basedir, supportlib) Presumably we'll add similar kludges when this problem crops up on other platforms. :-/ -- easy_install will install a package that is already there https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254035 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs