virtualenv 1.11.6 not working with pypy 2.4 and pypy3 2.4

[hurie]

Windows 7 using pypy 2.4

C:\Python\pypy-2.4.0-win32>pypy.exe ..\virtualenv\virtualenv.py C:\Users\Azhar\VirtualEnv\others-pypy24
New pypy executable in C:\Users\Azhar\VirtualEnv\others-pypy24\bin\pypy.exe
debug: WARNING: Library path not found, using compiled-in sys.path.
debug: WARNING: 'sys.prefix' will not be set.
debug: WARNING: Make sure the pypy binary is kept inside its tree of files.
debug: WARNING: It is ok to create a symlink to it from somewhere else.
debug: OperationError:
debug:  operror-type: ImportError
debug:  operror-value: No module named os
ERROR: The executable C:\Users\Azhar\VirtualEnv\others-pypy24\bin\pypy.exe is not functioning
ERROR: It thinks sys.prefix is u'c:\\python\\pypy-2.4.0-win32' (should be u'c:\\users\\azhar\\virtualenv\\others-pypy24')
ERROR: virtualenv is not compatible with this system or executable
Note: some Windows users have reported this error when they installed Python for "Only this user" or have multiple versions of Python installed. Copying the appropriate PythonXX.dll to the virtualenv Scripts/ directory may fix this problem.

C:\Python\pypy-2.4.0-win32>pypy.exe --version
Python 2.7.8 (f5dcc2477b97, Sep 18 2014, 14:30:11)
[PyPy 2.4.0 with MSC v.1500 32 bit]

C:\Python\pypy-2.4.0-win32>pypy.exe ..\virtualenv\virtualenv.py --version
1.11.6

Using pypy3 2.4

C:\Python\pypy3-2.4.0-win32>pypy.exe ..\virtualenv\virtualenv.py C:\Users\Azhar\VirtualEnv\others-pypy324
New pypy executable in C:\Users\Azhar\VirtualEnv\others-pypy324\bin\pypy.exe
debug: OperationError:
debug:  operror-type: ImportError
debug:  operror-value: No module named traceback
debug: OperationError:
debug:  operror-type: AttributeError
debug:  operror-value: stdout
ERROR: The executable C:\Users\Azhar\VirtualEnv\others-pypy324\bin\pypy.exe is not functioning
ERROR: It thinks sys.prefix is 'c:\\python\\pypy3-2.4.0-win32' (should be 'c:\\users\\azhar\\virtualenv\\others-pypy324')
ERROR: virtualenv is not compatible with this system or executable
Note: some Windows users have reported this error when they installed Python for "Only this user" or have multiple versions of Python installed. Copying the appropriate PythonXX.dll to the virtualenv Scripts/ directory may fix this problem.

C:\Python\pypy3-2.4.0-win32>pypy.exe --version
Python 3.2.5 (b2091e973da6, Oct 19 2014, 21:25:51)
[PyPy 2.4.0 with MSC v.1500 32 bit]

Downgrading to virtualenv 1.9.1, pypy 2.4 success but pypy3 2.4 still fail.

[hurie]

Using develop branch I'm able to get virtualenv work using pypy 2.4, but still no luck with pypy3 2.4

C:\Python\virtualenv>C:\Users\Azhar\VirtualEnv\test.sh
+ C:/Python/Python26/python.exe C:/Python/virtualenv/virtualenv.py --version
12.0.dev1
+ rm -rf C:/Users/Azhar/VirtualEnv/others-pypy24
+ C:/Python/pypy-2.4.0-win32/pypy.exe C:/Python/virtualenv/virtualenv.py C:/Users/Azhar/VirtualEnv/others-pypy24
New pypy executable in C:/Users/Azhar/VirtualEnv/others-pypy24\bin\pypy.exe
Installing setuptools, pip...done.
+ rm -rf C:/Users/Azhar/VirtualEnv/others-pypy324
+ C:/Python/pypy3-2.4.0-win32/pypy.exe C:/Python/virtualenv/virtualenv.py C:/Users/Azhar/VirtualEnv/others-pypy324
New pypy executable in C:/Users/Azhar/VirtualEnv/others-pypy324\bin\pypy.exe
Installing setuptools, pip...
  Complete output from command C:\Users\Azhar\Virtu...pypy324\bin\pypy.exe -c "import sys, pip; sys...d\"] + sys.argv[1:]))" setuptools pip:
  Ignoring indexes: http://localhost:5000/simple/
Downloading/unpacking setuptools
Downloading/unpacking pip
Installing collected packages: setuptools, pip
Cleaning up...
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python\virtualenv\virtualenv_support\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "C:\Python\virtualenv\virtualenv_support\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip/commands/install.py", line 283, in run
    requirement_set.install(install_options, global_options, root=options.root_path)
  File "C:\Python\virtualenv\virtualenv_support\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip/req.py", line 1435, in install
    requirement.install(install_options, global_options, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Python\virtualenv\virtualenv_support\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip/req.py", line 671, in install
    self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root)
  File "C:\Python\virtualenv\virtualenv_support\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip/req.py", line 901, in move_wheel_files
    pycompile=self.pycompile,
  File "C:\Python\virtualenv\virtualenv_support\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip/wheel.py", line 337, in move_wheel_files
    generated.extend(maker.make(spec))
  File "C:\Python\virtualenv\virtualenv_support\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip/_vendor/distlib/scripts.py", line 311, in make
    self._make_script(entry, filenames, options=options)
  File "C:\Python\virtualenv\virtualenv_support\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip/_vendor/distlib/scripts.py", line 215, in _make_script
    self._write_script(scriptnames, shebang, script, filenames, ext)
  File "C:\Python\virtualenv\virtualenv_support\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip/_vendor/distlib/scripts.py", line 157, in _write_script
    launcher = self._get_launcher('t')
  File "C:\Python\virtualenv\virtualenv_support\pip-1.5.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl\pip/_vendor/distlib/scripts.py", line 290, in _get_launcher
    result = finder(distlib_package).find(name).bytes
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'bytes'

Storing debug log for failure in c:/Users/Azhar\pip\pip.log
----------------------------------------
...Installing setuptools, pip...done.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Python/virtualenv/virtualenv.py", line 2373, in <module>
    main()
  File "C:/Python/virtualenv/virtualenv.py", line 846, in main
    symlink=options.symlink)
  File "C:/Python/virtualenv/virtualenv.py", line 1014, in create_environment
    install_wheel(to_install, py_executable, search_dirs)
  File "C:/Python/virtualenv/virtualenv.py", line 982, in install_wheel
    'PIP_NO_INDEX': '1'
  File "C:/Python/virtualenv/virtualenv.py", line 924, in call_subprocess
    % (cmd_desc, proc.returncode))
OSError: Command C:\Users\Azhar\Virtu...pypy324\bin\pypy.exe -c "import sys, pip; sys...d\"] + sys.argv[1:]))" setuptools pip failed with error code 2

[ionelmc]

This is likely a problem with pip (it still fails on the rewrite).

[ionelmc]

Ok, finally tracked this down, it's a pypi bug with zipimport: https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/issue/1696/can-not-install-pip-with-get-pippy

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