[MacPorts] #16593: py25-setuptools 0.6c8 broken in a way I don't fully comprehend

[MacPorts]

#16593: py25-setuptools 0.6c8 broken in a way I don't fully comprehend
--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
  Reporter:  macports at mail.taugt.net  |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
      Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
  Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:  Port Bugs                            
 Component:  ports                    |     Version:  1.6.0                                
Resolution:                           |    Keywords:                                       
      Port:                           |  
--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------

Comment(by macports at mail.taugt.net):

 oops, markup got me. Let's try that again:

  Sorry for being kind of verbose, I tried to trim the problem down in irc
  but nobody could help me... so here goes:

  after installing py25-setuptools, easy_install does not work out of the
  box:
 {{{
  $ echo $PYTHONPATH
  /Users/ace/lib/python2.5/site-packages    # this directory exists

  $ easy_install-2.5 --install-dir /Users/ace/lib/python2.5/site-packages
  pyamf
  error: /opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/site.py: No such file or
  directory
 }}}

  this can be fixed:
 {{{
  cd /opt/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages; sudo ln -s ../site.py
 }}}

  but then, after re-running said easy_install command, I cannot import
  pyamf - I have to do a
 {{{
  $ cd /Users/ace/lib/python2.5/site-packages
  $ unzip PyAMF-0.3.1-py2.5.egg
 }}}

  easy_install creates a suspicious pth file in /Users/ace/lib/python2.5
  /site-packages:
 {{{
  $ cat easy-install.pth
  import sys; sys.__plen = len(sys.path)
  ./PyAMF-0.3.1-py2.5.egg
  import sys; new=sys.path[sys.__plen:]; del sys.path[sys.__plen:];
  p=getattr(sys,'__egginsert',0); sys.path[p:p]=new; sys.__egginsert =
  p+len(new)
 }}}

  ... from what I gather by reading site.py, a pth file should contain only
  path names, not python code.

  also, it seems to copy site.py to that directory and then trip on it - if
  I re-run easy_install, I get:
 {{{
  $ easy_install-2.5 --install-dir /Users/ace/lib/python2.5/site-packages
  pyamf
  error: /Users/ace/lib/python2.5/site-packages/site.py is not a
 setuptools-
  generated site.py; please remove it.
 }}}

-- 
Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/16593#comment:1>
MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/>
Ports system for Mac OS