[Python-modules-team] Bug#840084: Bug#840084: python-virtualenv: “Multiple .dist-info directories” when creating virtualenv

[Barry Warsaw]

On Oct 08, 2016, at 04:58 PM, Ben Finney wrote:

>When attempting to create a new virtualenv, Pip crashes with an error:

I can't reproduce this on unstable.

% python2 -m pip --version
pip 8.1.2 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)
% python2 -m virtualenv --version
15.0.3

% python2 -m virtualenv /tmp/p2
Already using interpreter /usr/bin/python2
New python executable in /tmp/p2/bin/python2
Also creating executable in /tmp/p2/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pkg_resources, pip, wheel...done.

% python3 -m virtualenv /tmp/p3
Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/bin/python2
New python executable in /tmp/p3/bin/python2
Also creating executable in /tmp/p3/bin/python
Installing setuptools, pkg_resources, pip, wheel...done.

Something Else must be going on in your environment.
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