> ↪ mktmpenv -p /usr/bin/python2.7 -n
> ↪ mktmpenv -p /usr/bin/python2.7 -n --no-site-packages
> Running virtualenv with interpreter /usr/bin/python2.7
> New python executable in tmp-76937c0010af65a/bin/python2.7
> Also creating executable in tmp-76937c0010af65a/bin/python
> Installing setuptools, pip, wheel...done.
> This is a temporary environment. It will be deleted when you run 'deactivate'.
> (tmp-76937c0010af65a)↪ pip install setuptools
> (tmp-76937c0010af65a)↪ python setup.py install
> running install
> running bdist_egg
> running egg_info
> writing requirements to pywikibot.egg-info/requires.txt
> writing pywikibot.egg-info/PKG-INFO
> writing top-level names to pywikibot.egg-info/top_level.txt
> writing dependency_links to pywikibot.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
> reading manifest file 'pywikibot.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
> writing manifest file 'pywikibot.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
> installing library code to build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg
> running install_lib
> running build_py
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "setup.py", line 215, in <module>
> use_2to3=False
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/core.py", line 151, in setup
> dist.run_commands()
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
> self.run_command(cmd)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
> cmd_obj.run()
> File "/home/wieland/dev/virtualenvs/tmp-76937c0010af65a/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/install.py", line 67, in run
> self.do_egg_install()
> File "/home/wieland/dev/virtualenvs/tmp-76937c0010af65a/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/install.py", line 109, in do_egg_install
> self.run_command('bdist_egg')
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
> self.distribution.run_command(command)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
> cmd_obj.run()
> File "/home/wieland/dev/virtualenvs/tmp-76937c0010af65a/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py", line 160, in run
> cmd = self.call_command('install_lib', warn_dir=0)
> File "/home/wieland/dev/virtualenvs/tmp-76937c0010af65a/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py", line 146, in call_command
> self.run_command(cmdname)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
> self.distribution.run_command(command)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
> cmd_obj.run()
> File "/home/wieland/dev/virtualenvs/tmp-76937c0010af65a/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/install_lib.py", line 10, in run
> self.build()
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/command/install_lib.py", line 109, in build
> self.run_command('build_py')
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
> self.distribution.run_command(command)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/dist.py", line 972, in run_command
> cmd_obj.run()
> File "/home/wieland/dev/virtualenvs/tmp-76937c0010af65a/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/build_py.py", line 46, in run
> self.build_packages()
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/command/build_py.py", line 373, in build_packages
> self.build_module(module, module_file, package)
> File "/home/wieland/dev/virtualenvs/tmp-76937c0010af65a/lib/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/build_py.py", line 65, in build_module
> package)
> File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/distutils/command/build_py.py", line 334, in build_module
> "'package' must be a string (dot-separated), list, or tuple")
> TypeError: 'package' must be a string (dot-separated), list, or tuple
I can reproduce this on Python 2.6.5, 2.6.9, 2.7.6 and 2.7.10. The last commit I have is 9a19dcf854a33246fb3e3ec0ae491cd0093d29d5.