Control: reassign -1 python-pkg-resources Control: retitle -1 pkg_resources: ‘load_entry_point’ crashes without Setuptools
Thanks for the report.
On 05-Sep-2016, Ben Burton wrote:
> I tried to run dput today in my sid VM, and it gave the following error:
>
> bab@sid-amd64:~/debian$ dput ftp-master regina-normal_4.96-4_amd64.changes
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/dput", line 6, in <module>
> from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
> […]
> pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'setuptools' distribution was not
> found and is required by dput
>
> After installing python-setuptools, dput worked properly.
The documentation for ‘pkg_resources’ implies that ‘load_entry_point’
should be available:
load_entry_point(dist, group, name)
Load the named entry point from the specified distribution, or
raise ImportError.
<URL:http://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html#convenience-api>
IIUC, the purpose of ‘pkg_resources’ is to provide all the run-time
functionality an application needs, without needing Setuptools also
installed. So this appears to be a fault in ‘pkg_resources’.
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Ben Finney <bign...@debian.org>
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