fails when the "readline" package (from pypi) is installed

[vbabiy]

1.4.9 on Linux.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "virtualenv.py", line 1645, in <module>
    main()
  File "virtualenv.py", line 556, in main
    prompt=options.prompt)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 645, in create_environment
    site_packages=site_packages, clear=clear))
  File "virtualenv.py", line 769, in install_python
    copy_required_modules(home_dir)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 723, in copy_required_modules
    dst_filename = change_prefix(filename, dst_prefix)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 708, in change_prefix
    (filename, prefixes)
AssertionError: Filename /home/apy/.local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/readline.so does not start with any of these prefixes: ['/opt/ActivePython-2.6']

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• Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/ianb/virtualenv/issue/64
• Originally Reported By: Sridhar Ratnakumar
• Originally Created At: 2010-09-14 23:30:00