buildout breaks on Ubuntu 12.04

[wichert]

Trying to bootstrap a buildout using a current bootstrap gives me this error:

/usr/bin/python2.7 bootstrap.py
Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bootstrap.py", line 257, in <module>
    import zc.buildout.buildout
  File "/tmp/tmp_keZR4/zc.buildout-2.0.1-py2.7.egg/zc/buildout/buildout.py", line 18, in <module>
    import zc.buildout.easy_install
  File "/tmp/tmp_keZR4/zc.buildout-2.0.1-py2.7.egg/zc/buildout/easy_install.py", line 61, in <module>
    pkg_resources.Requirement.parse('distribute')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'location'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 66, in apport_excepthook
    from apport.fileutils import likely_packaged, get_recent_crashes
ImportError: No module named apport.fileutils

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "bootstrap.py", line 257, in <module>
    import zc.buildout.buildout
  File "/tmp/tmp_keZR4/zc.buildout-2.0.1-py2.7.egg/zc/buildout/buildout.py", line 18, in <module>
    import zc.buildout.easy_install
  File "/tmp/tmp_keZR4/zc.buildout-2.0.1-py2.7.egg/zc/buildout/easy_install.py", line 61, in <module>
    pkg_resources.Requirement.parse('distribute')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'location'
make: *** [bin/buildout] Error 1

[reinout]

buildout 2 requires distribute (instead of setuptools). But setuptools is downloaded. Do you have the 2.x bootstrap from http://downloads.buildout.org/2/bootstrap.py?

[reinout]

I'm using buildout 2 on 12.04, so "it should work (tm)" :-)

[wichert]

Bugger, I missed updating bootstrap.py for this one :(

[reinout]

Well, see #82. I do think a better error handling in buildout is a good idea. This is an common mistake to make, I think.