{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/1481","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/1481/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/1481/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/conda/conda/issues/1481/events","html_url":"https://github.com/conda/conda/issues/1481","id":98565927,"number":1481,"title":"conda update conda: fails with:  ValueError: failed to parse CPython sys.version: '2.7.9 ","user":{"login":"jbpoline","id":275048,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/275048?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jbpoline","html_url":"https://github.com/jbpoline","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jbpoline/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jbpoline/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jbpoline/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jbpoline/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jbpoline/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jbpoline/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jbpoline/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jbpoline/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jbpoline/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-08-01T22:42:21Z","updated_at":"2015-08-01T22:42:21Z","closed_at":null,"body":"here are the details: after installing miniconda without problems - conda update conda fails. \r\n\r\n\r\n$> conda info\r\nCurrent conda install:\r\n\r\n             platform : linux-64\r\n        conda version : 3.10.1\r\n  conda-build version : not installed\r\n       python version : 2.7.9.final.0\r\n     requests version : 2.6.0\r\n     root environment : /home/jb/.conda_install/miniconda  (writable)\r\n  default environment : /home/jb/.conda_install/miniconda\r\n     envs directories : /home/jb/.conda_install/miniconda/envs\r\n        package cache : /home/jb/.conda_install/miniconda/pkgs\r\n         channel URLs : https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/linux-64/\r\n                        https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/free/noarch/\r\n                        https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/linux-64/\r\n                        https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro/noarch/\r\n          config file : None\r\n    is foreign system : False\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$> conda update conda\r\nFetching package metadata: An unexpected error has occurred, please consider sending the\r\nfollowing traceback to the conda GitHub issue tracker at:\r\n\r\n    https://github.com/conda/conda/issues\r\n\r\nInclude the output of the command 'conda info' in your report.\r\n\r\n\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/bin/conda\", line 5, in <module>\r\n    sys.exit(main())\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/cli/main.py\", line 202, in main\r\n    args_func(args, p)\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/cli/main.py\", line 207, in args_func\r\n    args.func(args, p)\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/cli/main_update.py\", line 40, in execute\r\n    install.install(args, parser, 'update')\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/cli/install.py\", line 253, in install\r\n    offline=args.offline)\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/cli/common.py\", line 531, in get_index_trap\r\n    return get_index(*args, **kwargs)\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/api.py\", line 42, in get_index\r\n    unknown=unknown)\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/utils.py\", line 86, in __call__\r\n    value = self.func(*args, **kw)\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/fetch.py\", line 228, in fetch_index\r\n    session = CondaSession()\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/conda/connection.py\", line 59, in __init__\r\n    super(CondaSession, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/sessions.py\", line 290, in __init__\r\n    self.headers = default_headers()\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/utils.py\", line 573, in default_headers\r\n    'User-Agent': default_user_agent(),\r\n  File \".../.conda_install/miniconda/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests/utils.py\", line 542, in default_user_agent\r\n    _implementation = platform.python_implementation()\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/platform.py\", line 1521, in python_implementation\r\n    return _sys_version()[0]\r\n  File \"/usr/lib/python2.7/platform.py\", line 1486, in _sys_version\r\n    repr(sys_version))\r\nValueError: failed to parse CPython sys.version: '2.7.9 |Continuum Analytics, Inc.| (default, Apr 14 2015, 12:54:25) \\n[GCC 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-1)]'\r\n\r\n"}}