[Python-modules-team] Bug#754248: python-virtualenv: Error when attempting to create a python2.6 virtualenv

[John Kristensen]

Package: python-virtualenv
Version: 1.11.6-2
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Attempting to create a python2.6 virtualenv using the following command:

  virtualenv -p python2.6 venv

Results in the follow error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 2378, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 830, in main
    symlink=options.symlink)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 1016, in
create_environment
    '/usr/share/python-wheels/{}-*.whl'.format(project))
ValueError: zero length field name in format

It seems to be due to the use of '{}' for string substitution which is not
compatible with python2.6.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (460, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages python-virtualenv depends on:
ii  python                 2.7.6-2
ii  python-pip-whl         1.5.6-2
ii  python-pkg-resources   5.3-1
ii  python-setuptools-whl  5.3-1

Versions of packages python-virtualenv recommends:
ii  virtualenv  1.11.6-2

python-virtualenv suggests no packages.

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