Hi,
On Jul/04/2022, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> It is utterly, utterly bizarre. But I think I've found the problem.
[...]
> Thanks for your help!
You're welcome!
Cheers,
>
> Best wishes,
>
>Julian
>
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 08:39:32PM +0100, Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
> >
> > Hi Julian,
> >
> > On Jul/04/2022, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > > Hi Carles,
> > >
> > > Thanks for your thoughts! Yes, indeed that seems to be the issue.
> > > But what I don't understand is why the import is turned into
> > > .pybuild.cpython3_3.9_qtpy.build.qtpy.tests and not just qtpy.tests or
> >
> > I see how pytest does it (but keep reading)
> >
> > > a longer path, and why only this package fails in this way. Perhaps
> > > this is the only package that has an import statement in
> > > pytest_configure?
> >
> > This I don't know and I'm curious, and it might help disecting the issue
> > (or understanding it). Do you know of any other python3 package that you
> > expected to fail? (using pytest in a similar way).
> >
> > I might try to get both and follow what they do different (to hopefully
> > know what is python-qtpy doing different :-) )
> >
> > I'm sure that there are tons of packages that use pytest :-) I'm
> > wondering if you had a good candidate.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > >
> > >Julian
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 04:03:39PM +0100, Carles Pina i Estany wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm a lurker of debian-python@lists.debian.org but seeing Python+Qt I
> > > > wanted to have a look. I don't have a solution (I might look more
> > > > another time if time permits) but I might have something that might help
> > > > someone who knows the tools better.
> > > >
> > > > I am not familiar with Python Debian packaging details/tools neither
> > > > with pytest :-( so take all of this with a pinch of salt.
> > > >
> > > > If it helps the error comes from:
> > > > /usr/lib/python3.9/importlib/__init__.py in the functin "import_modules"
> > > > it does:
> > > > """
> > > > if name.startswith('.'):
> > > > if not package:
> > > > msg = ("the 'package' argument is required to perform a
> > > > relative "
> > > >"import for {!r}")
> > > > raise TypeError(msg.format(name))
> > > > """
> > > >
> > > > When the import fails the "name" parameter of "import_modules" function
> > > > is: '.pybuild.cpython3_3.9_qtpy.build.qtpy.tests' , which is derived
> > > > from the hidden dirctory ".pybuild" as created by default by "pybuild".
> > > >
> > > > I think that the initial "." is used only as a directory name but Python
> > > > assumes that is a relative import requiring the package parameter.
> > > >
> > > > Just to check my thoughts, and after running dpkg-buildpackage and
> > > > failing let's try again:
> > > >
> > > > $ cd .pybuild/cpython3_3.9_qtpy/build; python3.9 -m pytest qtpy/tests ;
> > > > cd -
> > > > Fails with the:
> > > >
> > > > TypeError: the 'package' argument is required to perform a relative
> > > > import for '.pybuild.cpython3_3.9_qtpy.build.qtpy.tests'
> > > > /home/carles/git/python-qtpy
> > > >
> > > > Then let's try to avoid the initial "." confusion:
> > > >
> > > > $ mv .pybuild pybuild
> > > > $ cd pybuild/cpython3_3.9_qtpy/build; python3.9 -m pytest qtpy/tests ;
> > > > cd -
> > > >
> > > > It works.
> > > >
> > > > I don't know why this is the only package affected by this though...
> > > >
> > > > Hopefully it helps a bit!
> > > >
> > > > On Jul/04/2022, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > > > > Dear all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I wonder whether you might have any clue about
> > > > > https://bugs.debian.org/1013700
> > > > > I have mostly worked out the "cause" of the bug, but I haven't quite
> > > > > got to the bottom of it.
> > > > >
> > > > > When running the command
> > > > > PYTHONPATH=. python3.10 -m pytest qtpy/tests
> > > > > in the directory .pybuild/cpython3_3.10_qtpy/build, I get the error
> > > > > message:
> > > > >
> > > > > ImportError while loading conftest
> > > > > '/home/jdg/debian/spyder-packages/qtpy/build-area/python-qtpy-2.1.0/.pybuild/cpython3_3.10_qtpy/build/qtpy/tests/conftest.py'.
> > > > > TypeError: the 'package' argument is required to perform a relative
> > > > > import for '.pybuild.cpython3_3.10_qtpy.build.qtpy.tests'
> > > > >
> > > > > If the directory .pybuild is renamed to pybuild, the tests run without
> > > > > a problem. So there seems to be something funny about conftest.py
> > > > > (and removing all of the other files from the qtpy/tests directory
> > > > > except for the empty __init__.py gives the same error); here's a link
> > > > > to it:
> > > > >
> > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/packages/python-qtpy/-/blob/master/qtpy/tests/conftest.py
> > > > >
> > > > > But there doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary about this.
> > > > > So I am mystified: why does pytest 7.x seem to not give this error on
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