Switch to using a requirements.txt file and ensure that setuptools is pinned to the latest version available on RHEL7

utils/Makefile

@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ virtualenv:
 	@echo "#############################################"
 	virtualenv $(NAME)env
 	. $(NAME)env/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt
-	. $(NAME)env/bin/activate && pip install setuptools --upgrade
-	. $(NAME)env/bin/activate && pip install enum configparser pylint pep8 nose coverage mock flake8 PyYAML click backports.functools_lru_cache
-
 #       If there are any special things to install do it here
 #       . $(NAME)env/bin/activate && INSTALL STUFF
 

utils/requirements.txt

@@ -1 +1,12 @@
-
+setuptools==17.1.1
+enum
+configparser
+pylint
+pep8
+nose
+coverage
+mock
+flake8
+PyYAML
+click
+backports.functools_lru_cache