[bug-notifications] [python 0005005]: unable to install virtualenv: ImportError: No module named md5

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=5005 
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Reported By:                ghenry
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    python
Issue ID:                   5005
Category:                   regular use
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   block
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2012-09-30 15:27 CEST
Last Modified:              2012-09-30 15:27 CEST
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Summary:                    unable to install virtualenv: ImportError: No module
named md5
Description: 
on solaris 10 (sparc), i'm trying to install virtualenv according to:
http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html

it fails with the following messages:

t2000-root% /opt/csw/bin/python virtualenv.py my_new_env
New python executable in my_new_env/bin/python
Installing setuptools......
  Complete output from command /donnees/virtualenv/my_new_env/bin/python -c
"#!python
\"\"\"Bootstra...sys.argv[1:])






" --always-copy -U setuptools:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 67, in <module>
ImportError: No module named md5
----------------------------------------
...Installing setuptools...done.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "virtualenv.py", line 2471, in <module>
    main()
  File "virtualenv.py", line 942, in main
    never_download=options.never_download)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 1052, in create_environment
    search_dirs=search_dirs, never_download=never_download)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 599, in install_setuptools
    search_dirs=search_dirs, never_download=never_download)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 571, in _install_req
    cwd=cwd)
  File "virtualenv.py", line 1020, in call_subprocess
    % (cmd_desc, proc.returncode))
OSError: Command /donnees/virtualenv/my_new_env/bin/python -c "#!python
\"\"\"Bootstra...sys.argv[1:])






" --always-copy -U setuptools failed with error code 1
 
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