@@ -124,6 +124,14 @@ fi

 if [[ $DISTRO =~ (rhel6) ]]; then

+    # install_pip.sh installs the latest setuptools over the packaged

+    # version.  We can't really uninstall the packaged version if it

+    # is there, because it may remove other important things like

+    # cloud-init.  Things work, but there can be an old egg file left

+    # around from the package that causes some really strange

+    # setuptools errors.  Remove it, if it is there

+    sudo rm -f /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6*.egg-info

+

     # If the ``dbus`` package was installed by DevStack dependencies the

     # uuid may not be generated because the service was never started (PR#598200),

     # causing Nova to stop later on complaining that ``/var/lib/dbus/machine-id``