pypa/virtualenv — Issue #227: easy_install script fails creating virtualenv in path deeper than 78 chars
Author: bradleyayers
Created: 2012-02-24 08:25:17+00:00
State: open

This is a regression after 1.6. In 1.6 this was not a problem, so I can only assume it didn't execute /bin/easy_install directly. The problem occurs during the creation of the virtual environment, when it tries to install pip it seems to be executing the easy_install script directly which is a problem when it contains a shebang line that's longer than 80 characters.

A simple work around is to execute the virtual environment's python, passing it /bin/easy_install as an argument. I've had to use this work around on a number of occasions and haven't had any issues.

This is a fairly serious problem for me.