Jason R. Coombs <jar...@jaraco.com> added the comment:
For posterity, here's the release notes that we had drafted on the pirate pad:
Note: This patch release of Python may have compatibility implications for
environments utilizing the third-party virtualenv. For more detail see XXX.
[the note above is intended to be included as a line-item in the release notes,
referencing the file below]
Upgrade issues with virtualenv
======================
In order to enact a security fix in Python 2.6.8, 2.7.3, 3.1.5, and 3.2.3, the
implementation of os.urandom was updated. The implementation of urandom was
moved from the os module (Python stdlib) to the posix module (built in to the
Python executable binary). As a result, when upgrading a host to one of these
new Python versions, virtual environments created with earlier versions of
Python will now be missing os.urandom. This issue only exists for Unix hosts.
This happens because the virtualenv bundles the older Python executable (which
does not have an implementation of urandom), but then references the newer
standard library (in which the os module also does not have an implementation
of urandom).
In environments where this error occurs, the error is most likely exhibited as
an AttributeError:
$ $ENV/bin/python -c "import os; os.urandom"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'urandom'
Workaround
=========
The workaround is to remove the 'python' binary from $ENV/bin and re-run
virtualenv for the required Python version or versions on that environment. For
example:
$ rm $ENV/bin/python
$ virtualenv --python python2.7 $ENV
It's necessary to remove the main python binary because virtualenv will not
replace it if it already exists. If the virtualenv contained multiple Python
versions, run virtualenv on it again with each Python. If the --distribute flag
was used in the initial creation of the virtualenv, use it again here.
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