{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/issues/1289","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/issues/1289/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/issues/1289/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/issues/1289/events","html_url":"https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1289","id":81291146,"number":1289,"title":"exclude 'easyblocks' pkg from sys.path, make sure $EASYBUILD_BOOTSTRAP* env vars are undefined via pop","user":{"login":"boegel","id":620876,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/620876?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/boegel","html_url":"https://github.com/boegel","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/boegel/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/boegel/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/boegel/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/boegel/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/boegel/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/boegel/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/boegel/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/boegel/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/boegel/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-05-27T05:46:59Z","updated_at":"2015-05-27T08:29:57Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pulls/1289","html_url":"https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1289","diff_url":"https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1289.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1289.patch"},"body":"The `setup.py` of easybuild-easyblocks import directly from the `easyblocks` package (see below), so any paths providing this namespace should also be excluded from the Python search path prior to initiating the bootstrap procedure.\r\n\r\n```python\r\nsys.path.append('easybuild')                                                                                            \r\nfrom easyblocks import VERSION  \r\n```\r\n\r\nThe `$EASYBUILD_BOOTSTRAP*` environment variables must be unset, since they are not valid EasyBuild configuration options, which EasyBuild trips over since v2.1.0 (see #1253)."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/issues/comments/105822588","html_url":"https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/pull/1289#issuecomment-105822588","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/issues/1289","id":105822588,"user":{"login":"berndmohr","id":5755567,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5755567?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/berndmohr","html_url":"https://github.com/berndmohr","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/berndmohr/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/berndmohr/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/berndmohr/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/berndmohr/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/berndmohr/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/berndmohr/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/berndmohr/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/berndmohr/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/berndmohr/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-05-27T08:29:57Z","updated_at":"2015-05-27T08:29:57Z","body":"@boegel I can confirm that the script fixes the issues I had with bootstrapping 2.1.1 on my laptop"}}