setuptools is a package that replaces the python stdlib 'distutils'. It is generally installed by all venv-creating tools "by default". It isn't actually needed at runtime for the qemu package, so our own setup.cfg does not mention it as a dependency.
However, tox will create virtual environments that include it, and will upgrade it to the very latest version. the 'venv' tool will also include whichever version your host system happens to have. Unfortunately, setuptools version 60.0.0 and above include a hack to forcibly overwrite python's built-in distutils. The pylint tool that we use to run code analysis checks on this package relies on distutils and suffers regressions when setuptools >= 60.0.0 is present at all, see https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5704 Instruct tox and the 'check-dev' targets to avoid setuptools packages that are too new, for now. Pipenv is unaffected, because setuptools 60 does not offer Python 3.6 support, and our pipenv config is pinned against Python 3.6. Signed-off-by: John Snow <js...@redhat.com> --- python/Makefile | 2 ++ python/setup.cfg | 1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/python/Makefile b/python/Makefile index 3334311362..949c472624 100644 --- a/python/Makefile +++ b/python/Makefile @@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ $(QEMU_VENV_DIR) $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)/bin/activate: setup.cfg echo "ACTIVATE $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)"; \ . $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)/bin/activate; \ echo "INSTALL qemu[devel] $(QEMU_VENV_DIR)"; \ + pip install --disable-pip-version-check \ + "setuptools<60.0.0" 1>/dev/null; \ make develop 1>/dev/null; \ ) @touch $(QEMU_VENV_DIR) diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg index 417e937839..aa238d8bc9 100644 --- a/python/setup.cfg +++ b/python/setup.cfg @@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ deps = .[devel] .[fuse] # Workaround to trigger tox venv rebuild .[tui] # Workaround to trigger tox venv rebuild + setuptools < 60 # Workaround, please see commit msg. commands = make check -- 2.31.1
