Virtualenv fails to create new environment with ImportError #2006
Description
Issue
When attempting to create a new environment via the command virtualenv venv I get the meassage
ImportError: cannot import name 'enquote_executable' from 'distlib.scripts' (/home/sidious/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/distlib/scripts.py)At first I thought this was same or related to #1551 since the messages are similar, turns out that's not the case.
I noticed this after a recent update in the Archlinux package, on November 3rd, but after some testing, it seems I can reproduce the problem with any version from the Archlinux repo >= 20.0.25, as in the 20.0.25 (published in October 16) version works fine, but any above it will give me the same error.
This may be an Archlinux only problem, so I'm not really sure how to proceed.
I used ALA (Archlinux Archives) to test the multiple versions, found here: https://archive.archlinux.org/packages/p/python-virtualenv/
Environment
Provide at least:
- OS: Archlinux kernel 5.9.3-arch1-1
pip listof the host python wherevirtualenvis installed:
Package Version
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alabaster 0.7.12
anki 2.1.26
ankirspy 2.1.26
anytree 2.8.0
appdirs 1.4.4
apsw 3.33.0.post1
aqt 2.1.26
arandr 0.1.10
argcomplete 1.11.1
asn1crypto 1.4.0
astroid 2.4.1
attrs 20.2.0
autopep8 1.5.4
Babel 2.8.0
bcrypt 3.2.0
Beaker 1.11.0
beautifulsoup4 4.9.3
beets 1.4.9
black 19.10b0
borgbackup 1.1.14
btrfsutil 1.2.0
bump2version 1.0.1
cached-property 1.5.2
capstone 4.0.1
certifi 2019.11.28
cffi 1.14.3
cfgv 3.2.0
chardet 3.0.4
choosealicense-cli 1.1.0
click 7.1.2
cmus-notify 1.4.0
colorama 0.4.4
commitizen 2.4.0
cryptography 3.2.1
css-parser 1.0.6
cssselect 1.1.0
decli 0.5.2
decorator 4.4.2
distlib 0.3.0
distro 1.5.0
dnspython 2.0.0
docker 4.3.1
docker-compose 1.27.4
docker-pycreds 0.4.0
dockerpty 0.4.1
docopt 0.6.2
docutils 0.16
dotdrop 1.3.6
feedparser 5.2.1
ffmulticonverter 1.8.0
filebytes 0.10.2
filelock 3.0.12
flake8 3.8.3
gpapi 0.4.4
GPlayCli 3.26
greenlet 0.4.16
html2text 2020.1.16
html5-parser 0.4.9
html5lib 1.1
identify 1.5.9
idna 2.10
ifaddr 0.1.7
imagesize 1.2.0
importlib-metadata 2.0.0
isc 2.0
isort 4.3.21
jedi 0.17.2
jellyfish 0.8.2
Jinja2 2.11.2
jsonschema 3.2.0
keystone-engine 0.9.1.post3
keyutils 0.6
lazy-object-proxy 1.4.3
lxml 4.6.1
Mako 1.1.3
mallard-ducktype 1.0.2
Markdown 3.3
MarkupSafe 1.1.1
matlink-gpapi 0.4.4.4
mccabe 0.6.1
mechanize 0.4.5
msgpack 1.0.0
munkres 1.1.2
musicbrainzngs 0.7.1
mutagen 1.45.1
neovim 0.3.1
netifaces 0.10.9
nodeenv 1.5.0
notify2 0.3.1
notmuch 0.31
notmuch2 0.31
ordered-set 4.0.2
packaging 20.4
paramiko 2.7.2
parso 0.7.1
pathspec 0.8.0
peewee 3.13.3
Pillow 7.2.0
pip 19.3.1
pipenv 2020.11.4
pluggy 0.13.1
ply 3.11
powerline-status 2.8.1
pre-commit 2.6.0
prompt-toolkit 3.0.7
protobuf 3.12.4
protonvpn-cli 2.2.4
psutil 5.6.7
pwquality 1.4.4
py 1.9.0
PyAudio 0.2.11
pyaxmlparser 0.3.24
pycairo 1.20.0
pychm 0.8.6
pycodestyle 2.6.0
pycparser 2.20
pyflakes 2.2.0
Pygments 2.7.2
PyGObject 3.38.0
pylint 2.5.2
PyNaCl 1.4.0
pynvim 0.4.1
pyparsing 2.4.7
PyQt5 5.15.1
PyQt5-sip 12.8.1
PyQtWebEngine 5.15.1
pyrsistent 0.17.3
python-dateutil 2.8.1
python-dotenv 0.15.0
pythondialog 3.5.1
pytz 2020.4
pywal 3.3.0
pyxdg 0.26
PyYAML 5.3.1
questionary 1.5.2
Reflector 2020.9.2.20.13.49
regex 2020.10.15
requests 2.24.0
ropper 1.13.3
ruamel.yaml 0.16.12
ruamel.yaml.clib 0.2.2
Send2Trash 1.5.0
setuptools 50.3.2
six 1.15.0
snakeviz 2.0.1
snowballstemmer 2.0.0
soupsieve 2.0.1
speedtest-cli 2.1.2
Sphinx 3.2.1
sphinxcontrib-applehelp 1.0.2
sphinxcontrib-devhelp 1.0.2
sphinxcontrib-htmlhelp 1.0.3
sphinxcontrib-jsmath 1.0.1
sphinxcontrib-qthelp 1.0.3
sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml 1.1.4
team 1.0
termcolor 1.1.0
texttable 1.6.3
tldr 1.1.0
toml 0.10.2
tomlkit 0.5.11
tornado 6.0.4
tox 3.20.1
typed-ast 1.4.1
udiskie 2.2.0
ufw 0.36
unicorn 1.0.1
Unidecode 1.1.1
unrardll 0.1.4
urllib3 1.25.10
virtualenv 20.1.0
virtualenv-clone 0.5.3
wcwidth 0.2.5
webencodings 0.5.1
websocket-client 0.57.0
wheel 0.35.1
wrapt 1.12.1
youtube-dl 2020.11.1.1
zeroconf 0.28.6
zipp 3.4.0 Output of the virtual environment creation
Make sure to run the creation with -vvv --with-traceback:
141 setup logging to NOTSET [DEBUG report:43]
236 find interpreter for spec PythonSpec(path=/usr/bin/python) [INFO builtin:51]
236 proposed PythonInfo(spec=CPython3.8.6.final.0-64, exe=/usr/bin/python, platform=linux, version='3.8.6 (default, Sep 30 2020, 04:00:38) \n[GCC 10.2.0]', encoding_fs_io=utf-8-utf-8) [INFO builtin:57]
236 accepted PythonInfo(spec=CPython3.8.6.final.0-64, exe=/usr/bin/python, platform=linux, version='3.8.6 (default, Sep 30 2020, 04:00:38) \n[GCC 10.2.0]', encoding_fs_io=utf-8-utf-8) [DEBUG builtin:59]
239 filesystem is case-sensitive [DEBUG info:28]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/virtualenv", line 33, in <module>
sys.exit(load_entry_point('virtualenv==20.1.0', 'console_scripts', 'virtualenv')())
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualenv/__main__.py", line 62, in run_with_catch
run(args, options)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualenv/__main__.py", line 16, in run
session = cli_run(args, options)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 26, in cli_run
of_session = session_via_cli(args, options, setup_logging)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 42, in session_via_cli
parser, elements = build_parser(args, options, setup_logging)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualenv/run/__init__.py", line 69, in build_parser
SeederSelector(interpreter, parser),
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualenv/run/plugin/seeders.py", line 8, in __init__
possible = self.options("virtualenv.seed")
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualenv/run/plugin/base.py", line 39, in options
cls._OPTIONS = cls.entry_points_for(key)
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualenv/run/plugin/base.py", line 18, in entry_points_for
return OrderedDict((e.name, e.load()) for e in cls.entry_points().get(key, {}))
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualenv/run/plugin/base.py", line 18, in <genexpr>
return OrderedDict((e.name, e.load()) for e in cls.entry_points().get(key, {}))
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/importlib/metadata.py", line 77, in load
module = import_module(match.group('module'))
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/importlib/__init__.py", line 127, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1014, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 991, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 975, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 671, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 783, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 219, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualenv/seed/embed/via_app_data/via_app_data.py", line 18, in <module>
from .pip_install.copy import CopyPipInstall
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualenv/seed/embed/via_app_data/pip_install/copy.py", line 8, in <module>
from .base import PipInstall
File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/virtualenv/seed/embed/via_app_data/pip_install/base.py", line 10, in <module>
from distlib.scripts import ScriptMaker, enquote_executable
ImportError: cannot import name 'enquote_executable' from 'distlib.scripts' (/home/sidious/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/distlib/scripts.py)