[MacPorts] #39441: py27-readline @6.2.4.1_0: build failure with distribute installed in /Library/Python

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#39441: py27-readline @6.2.4.1_0: build failure with distribute installed in
/Library/Python
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  Reporter:  abc@…          |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
      Type:  defect         |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal         |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports          |    Version:  2.1.3
Resolution:                 |   Keywords:
      Port:  py27-readline  |
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Comment (by jfilippidis@…):

 The issue in my case (with the same log, see [ticket:39525] ) had been as
 explained in [ticket:34763].
 The Mac OS X python 2.7 installation interferes with MacPorts python 2.7.
 This occurs while calling setup.py during port install py27-readline.
 Setup.py tries to import from setuptools and instead of using the MacPorts
 setuptools version 0.7 (no distribute), it uses the system python one.
 Part of the error is also explained here:
 https://bitbucket.org/tarek/distribute/issue/104

 Also, other packages (like pep8) failed to installed due to the same
 reason, preventing installation of ipython and spyder.
 Briefly, all this is caused by adding /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages to
 the path while building, for more explanations see [ticket:34763].

 A solution for all these problems is to uninstall the distribute package
 from the preinstalled Mac OS X python 2.7.
 In order to achieve this, follow these steps:
 {{{
    sudo port select --set python python27-apple
    sudo pip uninstall distribute
    sudo port select --set python python27
 }}}

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/39441#comment:7>
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