You could try using the virtualenv rewrite (my branch) - it's well tested, albeit unreviewed. AFAIK it doesn't have the issue you've hit.
Just run: pip install https://github.com/ionelmc/virtualenv/archive/develop.zip Thanks, -- Ionel Cristian Mărieș, http://blog.ionelmc.ro On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Marius Gedminas <mar...@gedmin.as> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:55:50AM -0400, Randy Syring wrote: > > I'm trying to use tox from python2 to test a python3 environment. But I > get > > an exception like the following: > > > > >rsyring@loftex:~/projects/blaze/blazeutils-src$ python -m virtualenv > > >--python python3 ~/tmp/testvenv > > >Running virtualenv with interpreter /home/rsyring/bin/python3 > > >Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/virtualenv.py", line 14, > in > > ><module> > > > import shutil > > > File "/opt/python34/lib/python3.4/shutil.py", line 11, in <module> > > > import fnmatch > > > File "/opt/python34/lib/python3.4/fnmatch.py", line 15, in <module> > > > import functools > > > File "/opt/python34/lib/python3.4/functools.py", line 21, in <module> > > > from collections import namedtuple > > > File "/opt/python34/lib/python3.4/collections/__init__.py", line 17, > in > > ><module> > > > from reprlib import recursive_repr as _recursive_repr > > > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/reprlib.py", line 3, in > > ><module> > > > from repr import * > > >ImportError: No module named 'repr' > > > > There is a bug for this in virtualenv: > > > > https://github.com/pypa/virtualenv/issues/625 > > > > So, I realize I could use `python3 -m virtualenv` if I was running the > > command myself. But, tox is making the call to virtualenv. > > > > This was working the last time I tested it but has now broken. I'm > guessing > > that is because I upgraded tox or virtualenv? > > It broke now because you 'sudo pip install'ed something that depends on > something that ships /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/reprlib.py > (which probably comes from pies2overrides) > > > Any pointers welcome as to the best way to resolve this issue now? > > I would recommend sudo pip uninstall pies2overrides (and whatever > depended on it). A good way to avoid pain is to never ever 'sudo pip > install' stuff. > > A different workaround would be to create a clean virtualenv, install > tox into it, then run tox from that virtualenv. > > Marius Gedminas > -- > Un*x admins know what they are doing by definition. > -- Bernd Petrovitsch > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > >
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