Public bug reported: Since updating to ubuntu 20.04, whenever I create a virtual environment with `virtualenv` it contains many unwanted libraries. Unsetting PYTHONPATH, setting the `--python` flag to a different version, etc does not fix the issue. I could run it with `--no-seed` but then the new venv doesn't even have pip.
I found another user who has the exact same issue posting about it on stackoverflow and the list of packages which were installed by default is the same, this leads me to believe that something is wrong with the package itself and not a local config issue. `https://stackoverflow.com/q/62991007/5953826` This is the output from creating a virtualenv: ``` ➜ virtualenv --python=/usr/bin/python3.8 ~/projects/environments/test created virtual environment CPython3.8.5.final.0-64 in 156ms creator CPython3Posix(dest=/home/redacted/projects/environments/test, clear=False, global=False) seeder FromAppData(download=False, urllib3=latest, contextlib2=latest, idna=latest, ipaddr=latest, colorama=latest, pkg_resources=latest, webencodings=latest, pip=latest, progress=latest, setuptools=latest, retrying=latest, certifi=latest, chardet=latest, appdirs=latest, msgpack=latest, html5lib=latest, pytoml=latest, pyparsing=latest, distro=latest, CacheControl=latest, distlib=latest, pep517=latest, lockfile=latest, requests=latest, packaging=latest, six=latest, wheel=latest, via=copy, app_data_dir=/home/redacted/.local/share/virtualenv/seed-app-data/v1.0.1.debian) activators BashActivator,CShellActivator,FishActivator,PowerShellActivator,PythonActivator,XonshActivator ``` And these exact package versions are what get installed by default. ``` appdirs==1.4.3 CacheControl==0.12.6 certifi==2019.11.28 chardet==3.0.4 colorama==0.4.3 contextlib2==0.6.0 distlib==0.3.0 distro==1.4.0 html5lib==1.0.1 idna==2.8 ipaddr==2.2.0 lockfile==0.12.2 msgpack==0.6.2 packaging==20.3 pep517==0.8.2 progress==1.5 pyparsing==2.4.6 pytoml==0.1.21 requests==2.22.0 retrying==1.3.3 six==1.14.0 urllib3==1.25.8 webencodings==0.5.1 ``` All of the packages above are in the folder `~/.local/share/virtualenv /seed-app-data/v1.0.1.debian/3.8/wheels`, but removing ~/.local/share/virtualenv/seed-app-data does not fix the issue. It is recreated with the same packages. Creating a venv with `python3 -m venv path/to/venv` gives me a clean environment with no extra packages which is my current workaround. System Info: lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS Release: 20.04 apt-cache policy python3-virtualenv python3-virtualenv: Installed: 20.0.17-1 Candidate: 20.0.17-1 Version table: *** 20.0.17-1 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: python3-virtualenv 20.0.17-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59-generic 5.4.65 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.12 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Thu Nov 19 18:54:36 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-11 (192 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh SourcePackage: python-virtualenv UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: python-virtualenv (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1904945 Title: New virtualenvs contain unwanted libraries To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-virtualenv/+bug/1904945/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
