[bug-notifications] [python27 0005005]: unable to install virtualenv: ImportError: No module named md5

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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:                    python27
Issue ID:                   5005
Category:                   regular use
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   block
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Resolution:                 won't fix
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             2012-09-30 15:27 CEST
Last Modified:              2013-09-03 16:01 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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 (0010569) pfelecan (manager) - 2013-09-03 16:01
 https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=5005#c10569 
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i.e. no need to fix whatever as virtualenv is released for both 2.x
interpreters on August 27 2013

have you tried to use the new package? if there is something missing or
badly behaving just open a virtualenv issue.