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Unable to load python entry_point when developing python package

I am trying to develop a python package that is importable and also has entry_point to call from shell.

When trying to call the entry point I get: pkg_resources.VersionConflict: (pysec-aws 0.1.dev1 (/Users/myuser/PycharmProjects/pysec-aws), Requirement.parse('pysec-aws==0.1.dev0'))

Essentially what I did before getting this error, is incrementing the version from 0.1.dev0 to 0.1.dev1 in setup.py, and running python setup.py sdist and then pip install -e .

What am I doing wrong? What is the proper way to install development versions of packages you are actively developing and bundling with setuptools?

Solution

  • The only thing that fixed this issue was to create a new virtualenv.

    Apparently my virtualenv/bin had compiled (.pyc) and non-compiled (.py) references to the old version for some reason - they were probably not upgraded / removed when I installed the new version.

    Once I created a new virtualenv and re-installed required packages I was able to resolve this issue.