I think this is a more recent regression than that bug report, which was filed against python3-venv-3.5.1-2. The package python3-venv 3.6.4-1 works fine, but not python3-venv-3.6.5-3.
Best wishes, Kai On Fri, 15 Jun 2018 13:00:39 +0200 Salvo Tomaselli <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: python3-venv > Version: 3.6.5-3 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable > > Dear Maintainer, > > the manpage for the module states: > > pyvenv-3.3 - create virtual python environments > > However, currently, it can't do that because of this: > > > The virtual environment was not created successfully because ensurepip is > > not > > available. On Debian/Ubuntu systems, you need to install the python3-venv > > package using the following command. > > > > apt-get install python3-venv > > > > You may need to use sudo with that command. After installing the > > python3-venv > > package, recreate your virtual environment. > > But the issue is tagged as wontfix here: #816740 > > This means that the package is and will forever be totally useless, since it > is > meant to create virtual environments and it cannot do so. > > So please just drop it from archive, because there is no point in it existing. > > Best > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: buster/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: i386 > > Kernel: Linux 4.16.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: > LC_ALL set to it_IT.UTF-8), LANGUAGE=it (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set > to it_IT.UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) > LSM: AppArmor: enabled > > Versions of packages python3-venv depends on: > ii python3 3.6.5-3 > ii python3-distutils 3.6.5-4 > ii python3.6-venv 3.6.6~rc1-1 > > python3-venv recommends no packages. > > python3-venv suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > >
