buildout broken

[tomster]

when running python bootstrap.py i get the following error::

python bootstrap.py
Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/distribute-0.6.10.tar.gz
Extracting in /var/folders/g8/g8KqkHmqHTKUotPVYI5J6U+++TI/-Tmp-/tmphTnvIc
Now working in /var/folders/g8/g8KqkHmqHTKUotPVYI5J6U+++TI/-Tmp-/tmphTnvIc/distribute-0.6.10
Building a Distribute egg in /var/folders/g8/g8KqkHmqHTKUotPVYI5J6U+++TI/-Tmp-/tmpGlHP_D
/var/folders/g8/g8KqkHmqHTKUotPVYI5J6U+++TI/-Tmp-/tmpGlHP_D/distribute-0.6.10-py2.6.egg
/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/sdist.py:4: UserWarning: Module pkg_resources was already imported from /Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/pkg_resources.py, but /private/var/folders/g8/g8KqkHmqHTKUotPVYI5J6U+++TI/-Tmp-/tmpGlHP_D/distribute-0.6.10-py2.6.egg is being added to sys.path
/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/sdist.py:4: UserWarning: Module setuptools was already imported from /Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/init.py, but /private/var/folders/g8/g8KqkHmqHTKUotPVYI5J6U+++TI/-Tmp-/tmpGlHP_D/distribute-0.6.10-py2.6.egg is being added to sys.path
/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/sdist.py:4: UserWarning: Module site was already imported from /Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site.pyc, but /private/var/folders/g8/g8KqkHmqHTKUotPVYI5J6U+++TI/-Tmp-/tmpGlHP_D/distribute-0.6.10-py2.6.egg is being added to sys.path
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1671, in main
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1659, in with_ei_usage
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1675, in
File "/Users/tomster/Development/python/parts/opt/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/Users/tomster/Development/python/parts/opt/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 975, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/Users/tomster/Development/python/parts/opt/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 211, in run
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 446, in easy_install
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 476, in install_item
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 655, in install_eggs
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 930, in build_and_install
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 919, in run_setup
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 27, in run_setup
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 63, in run
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 29, in
File "setup.py", line 91, in

File "/Users/tomster/Development/python/parts/opt/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 113, in setup
_setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 223, in init
File "/Users/tomster/Development/python/parts/opt/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 270, in init
self.finalize_options()
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/dist.py", line 256, in finalize_options
File "/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 1918, in load
ImportError: <module 'setuptools.dist' from '/Users/tomster/Development/git-svn-helpers/lib/python2.6/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg/setuptools/dist.py'> has no 'check_packages' attribute
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bootstrap.py", line 115, in
) == 0
AssertionError