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traceback of setuptools 1.0 ez_setup failure on windows
Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-1.0.tar.gz
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "ez_setup.py", line 346, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "ez_setup.py", line 342, in main
tarball = download_setuptools(download_base=options.download_base)
File "ez_setup.py", line 260, in download_setuptools
downloader(url, saveto)
File "ez_setup.py", line 165, in download_file_powershell
subprocess.check_call(cmd)
File "C:\Cygwin\home\Administrator\python\lib\subprocess.py", line 506, in check_call
retcode = call(*popenargs, **kwargs)
File "C:\Cygwin\home\Administrator\python\lib\subprocess.py", line 493, in call
return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
File "C:\Cygwin\home\Administrator\python\lib\subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
File "C:\Cygwin\home\Administrator\python\lib\subprocess.py", line 893, in _execute_child
startupinfo)
WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified
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