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-rw-r--r--pkg_resources.py12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkg_resources.py b/pkg_resources.py
index 517298c9..1ca8dd8e 100644
--- a/pkg_resources.py
+++ b/pkg_resources.py
@@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ class WorkingSet(object):
# key -> dist
best = {}
to_activate = []
+ # key with req -> set of things that required it
+ # useful for reporting info about conflicts
+ required_by = collections.defaultdict(set)
while requirements:
# process dependencies breadth-first
@@ -624,8 +627,13 @@ class WorkingSet(object):
if dist not in req:
# Oops, the "best" so far conflicts with a dependency
# XXX put more info here
- raise VersionConflict(dist, req)
- requirements.extend(dist.requires(req.extras)[::-1])
+ raise VersionConflict(
+ "%s is installed but %s is required by %s"
+ % (dist, req, list(required_by.get(req))))
+ new_requirements = dist.requires(req.extras)[::-1]
+ requirements.extend(new_requirements)
+ for new_requirement in new_requirements:
+ required_by[new_requirement].add(req.project_name)
processed[req] = True
# return list of distros to activate