You could also try: pip install –upgrade setuptools as documented here https://askubuntu.com/questions/318824/how-to-solve-pkg-resources-versionconflict-error-during-bin-python-bootstrap-py/322701#322701
I fix this by running auth first, then the rest of my migrations: python manage.py migrate auth python manage.py migrate
The PIL version packaged on pypi (by the author) is incompatible with setuptools and thus not easy_installable. People have created easy_installable versions elsewhere. Currently, you need to specify a find-links URL and use pip get a good package: pip install –no-index -f http://dist.plone.org/thirdparty/ -U PIL By using pip install with the –no-index you avoid running … Read more
I’m not sure about buildout, however, for setuptools/distribute, you specify version info with the comparison operators (like ==, >=, or <=). For example: install_requires = [‘django-pipeline==1.1.22’, ‘south>=0.7’]