I get the following error message when starting celery with kombu-3.0.34: python2.7/celery", line 5, in <module> from pkg_resources import load_entry_point File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3080, in <module> @_call_aside File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3066, in _call_aside f(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3093, in _initialize_master_working_set working_set = WorkingSet._build_master() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 653, in _build_master return cls._build_from_requirements(__requires__) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 666, in _build_from_requirements dists = ws.resolve(reqs, Environment()) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 839, in resolve raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers) pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'kombu<3.1,>=3.0.36' distribution was not found and is required by celery Upgrading to emerge -av =dev-python/kombu-3.0.37 appears to resolve, but then there is a message: The 'billiard<3.4,>=3.3.0.23' distribution was not found and is required by celery which is the subject of a separate bug report.
(In reply to Paul McDermott from comment #0) > pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'kombu<3.1,>=3.0.36' distribution > was not found and is required by celery Yes, that's what the the requirements specify: https://github.com/celery/celery/blob/v3.1.24/requirements/default.txt Fixed now: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=c00ce3c9791d70b4bec244c973c4f1ca22ea4a51 > Upgrading to emerge -av =dev-python/kombu-3.0.37 appears to resolve, but > then there is a message: > The 'billiard<3.4,>=3.3.0.23' distribution was not found and is required by > celery > > which is the subject of a separate bug report. Yes, that's bug 597634.