Actually, try this patch. (I'm having some difficulty committing this to svn.)
Index: patches/remove_syspath0_on_reinvoke.patch =================================================================== --- patches/remove_syspath0_on_reinvoke.patch (revision 0) +++ patches/remove_syspath0_on_reinvoke.patch (revision 0) @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +Description: When reinvoked, sys.path[0] will point into /usr/share/pyshared + on Debian, which will cause the following import to pick up the wrong version + (i.e. the 2.7 version when -p python3 is used). We don't need sys.path[0], so + just remove it permanently. +Author: Barry Warsaw <[email protected]> +Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=625784 +Forwarded: not-needed +--- a/virtualenv.py ++++ b/virtualenv.py +@@ -469,6 +469,14 @@ + project_name = 'distribute' + bootstrap_script = DISTRIBUTE_SETUP_PY + try: ++ # When reinvoked, sys.path[0] will point into /usr/share/pyshared ++ # on Debian, which will cause the following import to pick up the ++ # wrong version (i.e. the 2.7 version when -p python3 is used). ++ # We don't need sys.path[0], so just remove it permanently. See ++ # Debian bug 625785. ++ if (os.environ.get('VIRTUALENV_INTERPRETER_RUNNING', '') == 'true' ++ and sys.path[0] == '/usr/share/pyshared'): ++ del sys.path[0] + # check if the global Python has distribute installed or plain + # setuptools + import pkg_resources Index: patches/series =================================================================== --- patches/series (revision 16912) +++ patches/series (working copy) @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ look_for_external_files.patch add_distribute.patch +remove_syspath0_on_reinvoke.patch Index: changelog =================================================================== --- changelog (revision 16912) +++ changelog (working copy) @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +python-virtualenv (1.6-2) unstable; urgency=low + + * debian/patches/remove_syspath0_on_reinvoke.patch + When virtualenv.py is re-invoked, remove sys.path[0], since it points + to /usr/share/pyshared, which causes the wrong version of + pkg_resources to be imported. This fixes -p python3 on Debian. + Closes: 625784 + + -- Barry Warsaw <[email protected]> Fri, 06 May 2011 15:54:09 -0400 + python-virtualenv (1.6-1) unstable; urgency=low * New upstream version. Closes: #617941
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