id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	resolution	keywords	cc	branch	branch_author	launchpad_bug
4499	`easy_install Twisted` fails in a virtualenv on Win32 (using mingw)	khorn		"steps to reproduce:
 1. create a virtualenv on Win32, `cd` into it, and activate it
 1. run `easy_install Twisted`

here's what I get:
{{{
(venv) venv>easy_install Twisted
Searching for Twisted
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/Twisted/
Reading http://www.twistedmatrix.com
Reading http://twistedmatrix.com/products/download
Reading http://twistedmatrix.com/projects/core/
Reading http://twistedmatrix.com/
Reading http://tmrc.mit.edu/mirror/twisted/Twisted/8.2/
Reading http://tmrc.mit.edu/mirror/twisted/Twisted/8.1/
Reading http://tmrc.mit.edu/mirror/twisted/Twisted/10.0/
Reading http://tmrc.mit.edu/mirror/twisted/Twisted/9.0/
Best match: Twisted 10.0.0
Downloading http://tmrc.mit.edu/mirror/twisted/Twisted/10.0/Twisted-10.0.0.tar.b
z2
Processing Twisted-10.0.0.tar.bz2
Running Twisted-10.0.0\setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir c:\docume~1\funsize\loca
ls~1\temp\easy_install-2lcaco\Twisted-10.0.0\egg-dist-tmp-jatter
error: Setup script exited with error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
}}}

This is on WinXP, with distutils configured to use mingw as the compiler to use to build extensions.

`easy_install Twisted` works fine outside of a virtualenv
"	defect	closed	normal		core	fixed