[LIBCLOUD-1000] Cannot install libcloud 2.3.0 inside ecryptfs: filename too long

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Core

Environment

Ubuntu 18.04 with disk and home directory encryption enabled.

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Santi
• Created: 21/Jun/18 13:12
• Updated: 03/Jul/18 14:19

Description

1. Install Ubuntu with disk and folder encryption (as requested by my employer's policy)
2. Within your home directory, attempt to install libcloud.

$ python3 -m venv test
$ source test/bin/activate
$ python --version
Python 3.6.5
$ pip install apache-libcloud
Collecting apache-libcloud
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/56/28/45a9d3bba612fc3f47ef085a14446a4f68f45ce10070562edff1e9291150/apache_libcloud-2.3.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting requests (from apache-libcloud)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/65/47/7e02164a2a3db50ed6d8a6ab1d6d60b69c4c3fdf57a284257925dfc12bda/requests-2.19.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting urllib3<1.24,>=1.21.1 (from requests->apache-libcloud)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bd/c9/6fdd990019071a4a32a5e7cb78a1d92c53851ef4f56f62a3486e6a7d8ffb/urllib3-1.23-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting idna<2.8,>=2.5 (from requests->apache-libcloud)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/4b/2a/0276479a4b3caeb8a8c1af2f8e4355746a97fab05a372e4a2c6a6b876165/idna-2.7-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting chardet<3.1.0,>=3.0.2 (from requests->apache-libcloud)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/bc/a9/01ffebfb562e4274b6487b4bb1ddec7ca55ec7510b22e4c51f14098443b8/chardet-3.0.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting certifi>=2017.4.17 (from requests->apache-libcloud)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7c/e6/92ad559b7192d846975fc916b65f667c7b8c3a32bea7372340bfe9a15fa5/certifi-2018.4.16-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: urllib3, idna, chardet, certifi, requests, apache-libcloud
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/redacted/tmp/test/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/home/redacted/tmp/test/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 360, in run
    prefix=options.prefix_path,
  File "/home/redacted/tmp/test/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 784, in install
    **kwargs
  File "/home/redacted/tmp/test/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 851, in install
    self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
  File "/home/redacted/tmp/test/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files
    isolated=self.isolated,
  File "/home/redacted/tmp/test/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 345, in move_wheel_files
    clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
  File "/home/redacted/tmp/test/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 323, in clobber
    shutil.copyfile(srcfile, destfile)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.6/shutil.py", line 121, in copyfile
    with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:
OSError: [Errno 36] File name too long: '/home/redacted/tmp/test/lib/python3.6/site-packages/libcloud/test/compute/fixtures/azure_arm/_subscriptions_99999999_9999_9999_9999_999999999999_resourceGroups_000000_providers_Microsoft_Compute_virtualMachines_test_node_1_InstanceView.json'

_subscriptions_99999999_9999_9999_9999_999999999999_resourceGroups_000000_providers_Microsoft_Compute_virtualMachines_test_node_1_InstanceView.json is 147 characters long. The filename limit for ecryptfs is 143 characters.

Issue Links

• relates to: LIBCLOUD-1003 pip install apache-libcloud==2.3.0 fails with EnvironmentError under Windows