changing python runtime maximum recursion limit

Question

I am trying to install supervisord on a ubuntu ec2 server. When running easy_install I get the following error:

> easy_install supervisor
...
RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded

I know how to change the max recursion depth in a python script using sys.setrecursionlimit() but how do I change it for the runtime environment?

Answer 1

/usr/bin/easy_install is a python script. Can you not just add a line to set a new value after the import sys line ?

#! /usr/bin/python
# EASY-INSTALL-ENTRY-SCRIPT: 'setuptools==0.6c9','console_scripts','easy_install'
__requires__ = 'setuptools==0.6c9'
import sys
sys.setrecursionlimit(1200)
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
sys.exit(
   load_entry_point('setuptools==0.6c9', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()
)