[Python-modules-team] Bug#556424: python-turbogears makes python setup.py --help-commands fail

[Leandro Lucarella]

Package: python-turbogears
Version: 1.1-1
Severity: normal


When installing python-turbogears, the standard python setup.py
--help-commands fail if some non-mandatory dependencies are missing, for
example:

$ python setup.py --help-commands
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 64, in <module>
    namespace_packages=['sphinxcontrib'],
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/distutils/core.py", line 137, in setup
    ok = dist.parse_command_line()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 232, in parse_command_line
    result = _Distribution.parse_command_line(self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/distutils/dist.py", line 455, in parse_command_line
    if self.handle_display_options(option_order):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/distutils/dist.py", line 680, in handle_display_options
    self.print_commands()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 369, in print_commands
    cmdclass = ep.load(False) # don't require extras, we're not running
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1933, in load
    entry = __import__(self.module_name, globals(),globals(), ['__name__'])
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/turbogears/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from turbogears import (controllers, view, database, validators, command,
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/turbogears/widgets/__init__.py", line 1, in <module>
    from turbogears.widgets.base import *
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/turbogears/widgets/base.py", line 5, in <module>
    from turbogears import view, startup, config
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/turbogears/startup.py", line 31, in <module>
    pkg_resources.require("TurboGears")
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 633, in require
    needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 531, in resolve
    raise DistributionNotFound(req)  # XXX put more info here
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: tgMochiKit>=0.2beta


The setup.py is attached, in case it's useful.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (99, 'experimental'), (50, 'testing'), (9, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31.1
Locale: LANG=es_AR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_AR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages python-turbogears depends on:
ii  python                2.5.4-2            An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-cheetah        2.0.1-2            text-based template engine and Pyt
ii  python-cherrypy       2.3.0-3            Python web development framework
ii  python-configobj      4.5.2-2            a simple but powerful config file 
ii  python-decoratortools 1.7-3              version-agnostic decorators suppor
ii  python-dispatch       0.5a.svn20080510-3 Rule and type-based generic dispat
ii  python-formencode     1.2.2-1            validation and form generation Pyt
ii  python-kid            0.9.6-1            simple Pythonic template language 
ii  python-nose           0.11.1-1           test discovery and running for Pyt
ii  python-paste          1.7.2-4            tools for using a Web Server Gatew
ii  python-pastedeploy    1.3.3-3            load, configure, and compose WSGI 
ii  python-pastescript    1.7.3-4            serving web applications, creating
ii  python-pkg-resources  0.6.8-1            Package Discovery and Resource Acc
ii  python-simplejson     2.0.9-1            Simple, fast, extensible JSON enco
ii  python-sqlalchemy     0.5.6-1            SQL toolkit and Object Relational 
ii  python-sqlobject      0.11.0-1.1         Python module for SQLObject
ii  python-support        1.0.4              automated rebuilding support for P
ii  python-turbojson      1.2.1-4            Plugin to use JSON templates in Py
ii  python-turbokid       1.0.4-6            TurboGears template plugin to use 

Versions of packages python-turbogears recommends:
ii  python-elixir                 0.7.0-1    Declarative Mapper for SQLAlchemy
ii  python-genshi                 0.5.1-2    Python XML-based template engine
pn  python-myghty                 <none>     (no description available)
ii  python-pysqlite2              2.5.5-3    Python interface to SQLite 3

python-turbogears suggests no packages.

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