Borg fails to create new backups ("archives") with python-msgpack later than 0.4.6: ------ Traceback (most recent call last): File "/gnu/store/14v77f8h72z5qvzl74m5rv0pkkrk1l5s-borg-1.1.4/bin/.borg-real", line 6, in from pkg_resources import load_entry_point File "/gnu/store/3lkypf5wnsnvkaidhw0pv7k3yjfh1r9g-python-3.6.3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3017, in @_call_aside File "/gnu/store/3lkypf5wnsnvkaidhw0pv7k3yjfh1r9g-python-3.6.3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3003, in _call_aside f(*args, **kwargs) File "/gnu/store/3lkypf5wnsnvkaidhw0pv7k3yjfh1r9g-python-3.6.3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3030, in _initialize_master_working_set working_set = WorkingSet._build_master() File "/gnu/store/3lkypf5wnsnvkaidhw0pv7k3yjfh1r9g-python-3.6.3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 659, in _build_master ws.require(__requires__) File "/gnu/store/3lkypf5wnsnvkaidhw0pv7k3yjfh1r9g-python-3.6.3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 967, in require needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements)) File "/gnu/store/3lkypf5wnsnvkaidhw0pv7k3yjfh1r9g-python-3.6.3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 853, in resolve raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers) pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'msgpack-python>=0.4.6' distribution was not found and is required by borgbackup ------ I'll create a python-msgpack-0.4.6 package as a quick fix as soon as I get a bug number from debbugs.