Package: 0ad
Version: 0.0.26-3
Severity: normal
If the user has python3-setuptools, version 58.3.0 or higher, installed
in a Debian sid build environment when building 0ad then build fails.
To confirm that python3-setuptools is a minimal case for reproduction of
symptoms, I also tested build of 0ad without python3-setuptools, but
with each of the dependency packages of python3-setuptools. In that case
build was successful. I have also tested with python3-setuptools
versions 58.2.0-1 and 52.0.0-4, and build of 0ad was successful with
those versions. I used matching versions of python3-pkg-resources for
the tests.
I think that the cause of the failure to build 0ad with
python3-setuptools version >= 58.3.0 is that easyinstall was deprecated
in python3-setuptools on 2021-10-22. Version 58.3.0 is the next upstream
release after that.
Steps to reproduce:
# sbuild-createchroot sid /path/to/chroot/sid [debian mirror]
# cd /
# schroot -c source:sid-amd64-sbuild
# mkdir /home/myusername (replace "myusername" with your primary
username outside the chroot)
# cp -r /etc/skel/. /home/myusername
# chown -R myusername:myusername /home/myusername
# chmod g+ws /home/myusername
# chmod o-rx /home/myusername
# apt-get update
# apt-get install --no-install-recommends python3-setuptools
(installs several packages, but the only packages that would not
otherwise be installed by `apt-get build-dep 0ad` are:
python3-pkg-resources python3-setuptools)
# dpkg --status python3-setuptools | grep '^Version'
(output is Version: 66.1.1-1)
# dpkg --status python3-pkg-resources | grep '^Version'
(output is Version: 66.1.1-1)
# exit
$ sbuild -d sid-amd64-sbuild 0ad_0.0.26-3
Excerpt of output from steps to reproduce:
patching file python/mozbuild/mozbuild/preprocessor.py
patching file python/mozbuild/mozbuild/util.py
Creating Python 3 environment
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/install.py:34:
SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated. Use build
and pip and other standards-based tools.
warnings.warn(
created virtual environment CPython3.11.2.final.0-64 in 239ms
creator
CPython3Posix(dest=/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/libraries/source/spidermonkey/mozjs-78.6.0/build-debug/_virtualenvs/init_py3,
clear=False, global=False)
seeder FromAppData(download=False, pip=bundle, setuptools=bundle,
wheel=bundle, via=copy, app_data_dir=/tmp/tmppfskju67)
added seed packages: pip==20.2.2, setuptools==49.6.0, wheel==0.35.1
activators
BashActivator,CShellActivator,FishActivator,PowerShellActivator,PythonActivator,XonshActivator
[...]
Job: 0ad_0.0.26-3
Machine Architecture: amd64
Package: 0ad
Source-Version: 0.0.26-3
Status: attempted
Version: 0.0.26-3
E: Build failure (dpkg-buildpackage died)
Solutions:
Option 1. We look for a root cause and fix the bug that causes build
failure if the user happens to have python3-setuptools installed. An
idea would be to configure the virtualenv to use the builtin version of
python3-setuptools.
Option 2. Alternatively, we add "Build-Conflicts: python3-setuptools (>=
58.3.0)" to the control file of the Debian package of 0ad.
I'll send the latter fix, probably via Salsa.
