Installing patman with `cd ./tools/patman && pip install -e .` fails with the error below.
As described in the error output, the license line is not allowed to be only defined in the setup.py. > $ cd ./tools/patman && pip install -e . > Obtaining file:///.../u-boot/tools/patman > Installing build dependencies ... done > Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done > Getting requirements to build editable ... error > error: subprocess-exited-with-error > > × Getting requirements to build editable did not run successfully. > │ exit code: 1 > ╰─> [61 lines of output] > > /tmp/pip-build-env-mqjvnmz8/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/config/_apply_pyprojecttoml.py:76: > _MissingDynamic: `license` defined outside of `pyproject.toml` is > ignored. > !! > > > ******************************************************************************** > The following seems to be defined outside of `pyproject.toml`: > > `license = 'GPL-2.0+'` > > According to the spec (see the link below), however, setuptools CANNOT > consider this value unless `license` is listed as `dynamic`. > > > https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/pyproject-toml/#declaring-project-metadata-the-project-table > > To prevent this problem, you can list `license` under `dynamic` or > alternatively > remove the `[project]` table from your file and rely entirely on other > means of > configuration. > > ******************************************************************************** > > !! Signed-off-by: Brandon Maier <[email protected]> CC: Simon Glass <[email protected]> --- tools/patman/pyproject.toml | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/tools/patman/pyproject.toml b/tools/patman/pyproject.toml index fcefcf66960..9e6079cb57e 100644 --- a/tools/patman/pyproject.toml +++ b/tools/patman/pyproject.toml @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ classifiers = [ "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v2 or later (GPLv2+)", "Operating System :: OS Independent", ] +dynamic = ["license"] [project.urls] "Homepage" = "https://docs.u-boot.org/en/latest/develop/patman.html"; -- 2.45.1
