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[BUG] Unable to import pkg_resources before setuptools

See original GitHub issue

setuptools version

60.9.3 (also affects the main branch)

Python version

Python 3.7 from PyPy 7.3.7

OS

macOS

Additional environment information

Using packages from conda-forge.

Description

Importing pkg_resources before setuptools results in setuptools being broken with AttributeError: module 'setuptools' has no attribute 'version'.

Expected behavior

The import order doesn’t matter.

How to Reproduce

> conda create -c conda-forge --name test setuptools pypy
> conda activate test
> python -c 'import setuptools, pkg_resources; print("All good")'
All good
> python -c 'import pkg_resources, setuptools; print("All good")'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/cburr/mambaforge/envs/test/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 35, in <module>
    __version__ = setuptools.version.__version__
AttributeError: module 'setuptools' has no attribute 'version'

Output

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/cburr/mambaforge/envs/test/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 35, in <module>
    __version__ = setuptools.version.__version__
AttributeError: module 'setuptools' has no attribute 'version'

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:10 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

chrisburrcommented, Mar 12, 2022

I’ve opened an issue for PyPy: https://foss.heptapod.net/pypy/pypy/-/issues/3703

I’ll follow up here when there is a response.

0reactions

abravalhericommented, Mar 17, 2022

Hi Cris, yes! Thank you very much for spotting the problem and coordinating a solution with the PyPy team! ❤️ 💚 💛 💙

I can see that they are planning a release including the changes you proposed https://foss.heptapod.net/pypy/pypy/-/commit/a1b1b3169deb1d309c88c1ba3cfef6fb069ddc6a

Hopefully it will be out soon 🤞

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