[Python-modules-team] Bug#590824: python-virtualenv: virtualenv fails when I run it without internet connection

[Manuel Kaufmann]

Package: python-virtualenv
Version: 1.4.9-1
Severity: normal

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 - http://groups.google.com/group/python-virtualenv/browse_thread/thread/2b4e7fa0406244fc

Hi all, 
I'm trying to create a new virtualenv without internet connection and 
I'm getting this error: 
humitos at eulogia: ~/tmp $ virtualenv tttttpepeborrar 
New python executable in tttttpepeborrar/bin/python 
Installing setuptools............done. 
  Complete output from command /home/humitos/tmp/tttttpepebor...ython / 
home/humitos/tmp/tttttpepebor...stall pip: 
  Searching for pip 
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pip/ 
Download error: [Errno -2] Name or service not known -- Some packages 
may not be found! 
Couldn't find index page for 'pip' (maybe misspelled?) 
Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while) 
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/ 
Download error: [Errno -2] Name or service not known -- Some packages 
may not be found! 
No local packages or download links found for pip 
Best match: None 
Traceback (most recent call last): 
  File "/home/humitos/tmp/tttttpepeborrar/bin/easy_install", line 8, 
in <module> 
    load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c11', 'console_scripts', 
'easy_install')() 
  File "/home/humitos/tmp/tttttpepeborrar/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ 
setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 
1712, in main 
  File "/home/humitos/tmp/tttttpepeborrar/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ 
setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 
1700, in with_ei_usage 
  File "/home/humitos/tmp/tttttpepeborrar/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ 
setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 
1716, in <lambda> 
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup 
    dist.run_commands() 
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 975, in 
run_commands 
    self.run_command(cmd) 
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in 
run_command 
    cmd_obj.run() 
  File "/home/humitos/tmp/tttttpepeborrar/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ 
setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 
211, in run 
  File "/home/humitos/tmp/tttttpepeborrar/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ 
setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 
434, in easy_install 
  File "/home/humitos/tmp/tttttpepeborrar/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ 
setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg/setuptools/package_index.py", line 475, in 
fetch_distribution 
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'clone' 
---------------------------------------- 
Traceback (most recent call last): 
  File "/usr/bin/virtualenv", line 1489, in <module> 
    main() 
  File "/usr/bin/virtualenv", line 526, in main 
    use_distribute=options.use_distribute) 
  File "/usr/bin/virtualenv", line 618, in create_environment 
    install_pip(py_executable) 
  File "/usr/bin/virtualenv", line 390, in install_pip 
    filter_stdout=_filter_setup) 
  File "/usr/bin/virtualenv", line 587, in call_subprocess 
    % (cmd_desc, proc.returncode)) 
OSError: Command /home/humitos/tmp/tttttpepebor...ython /home/humitos/ 
tmp/tttttpepebor...stall pip failed with error code 1 
humitos at eulogia: ~/tmp $ 
I can create the virtualenv correctly if I connect my machine to 
internet. 
How can I do to create virtualenvs without internet connection?

Thanks all!

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (50, 'unstable'), (30, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-4-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=es_AR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_AR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages python-virtualenv depends on:
ii  python                        2.6.5-5    An interactive high-level object-o
ii  python-pip                    0.7.2-1    alternative Python package install
ii  python-pkg-resources          0.6.10-4   Package Discovery and Resource Acc
ii  python-setuptools             0.6.10-4   Python Distutils Enhancements (set
ii  python-support                1.0.9      automated rebuilding support for P

python-virtualenv recommends no packages.

python-virtualenv suggests no packages.

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