Public bug reported: First reported against pip at: https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/4022
According to https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/4022#issuecomment-254926808: "this is a bug caused by ubuntu - they should fix it, they lied about metadata" Pip version: 8.1.2 Python version: Python 2.7.12 Operating System: Linux ubuntu 4.4.0-43-generic #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 12 13:48:03 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Description: pip freeze, run from a freshly created virtualenv, always includes pkg-resources==0.0.0 When not extracted from the output when written to requirements.txt, it causes build failures on deployment when creating virtualenvs from that requirements file. What I've run: $ pip freeze ago==0.0.6 bcrypt==2.0.0 beautifulsoup4==4.3.2 blinker==1.3 cffi==1.5.2 ecdsa==0.11 email==6.0.0a1 Flask==0.10.1 flatland==0.8 funcsigs==1.0.2 gunicorn==19.1.0 itsdangerous==0.24 Jinja2==2.8 MarkupSafe==0.23 mock==2.0.0 newrelic==2.4.0.4 nose2==0.6.5 pbr==1.10.0 pika==0.10.0 pkg-resources==0.0.0 pycparser==2.14 PyMySQL==0.7.9 python-dateutil==2.1 pytz==2014.4 redis==2.10.5 requests==2.11.1 six==1.10.0 SQLAlchemy==1.1.2 textile==2.3.3 Werkzeug==0.11.8 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: python-pip 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-43.63-generic 4.4.21 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-43-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Oct 20 18:24:27 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-27 (23 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: python-pip UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: python-pip (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1635463 Title: pip freeze includes "pkg-resources==0.0.0" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pip/+bug/1635463/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
