Seems I mis-linked to the upstream bug report in the ticket description. The actual report is <http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue4>. Near as I can tell, the upstream fix which was applied is <http://svn.python.org/view/sandbox/trunk/setuptools/setuptools/command/sdist.py?r1=52008&r2=60846>. It would seem to be very easy to apply this fix to the Ubuntu package as well.
** Bug watch added: setuptools Roundup #4 http://bugs.python.org/setuptools/issue4 -- setuptools fails with a NameError when installing from an svn 1.5-version working copy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/378096 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