(arrow) branch main updated: GH-50760: [CI][Python] Create venv for test-fedora-42-python-3 (#50761)

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     new aeff591588 GH-50760: [CI][Python] Create venv for 
test-fedora-42-python-3 (#50761)
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commit aeff591588d7bcdf9ab9fc6712816b44e8066ea4
Author: tadeja <tad...@users.noreply.github.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Aug 3 11:29:10 2026 +0200

    GH-50760: [CI][Python] Create venv for test-fedora-42-python-3 (#50761)
    
    ### Rationale for this change
    The nightly job `test-fedora-42-python-3` fails with `Cannot uninstall 
packaging 24.2`
    `╰─> The package's contents are unknown: no RECORD file was found for 
packaging.`
    
    ### What changes are included in this PR?
    venv in `linux-dnf-python-3.dockerfile` to install Python requirements there
    
    ### Are these changes tested?
    Yes, crossbow job passes.
    
    ### Are there any user-facing changes?
    No.
    * GitHub Issue: #50760
    
    Authored-by: Tadeja Kadunc <tadeja.kad...@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: Raúl Cumplido <raulcumpl...@gmail.com>
---
 ci/docker/linux-dnf-python-3.dockerfile | 18 ++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ci/docker/linux-dnf-python-3.dockerfile 
b/ci/docker/linux-dnf-python-3.dockerfile
index 6c89ebf5eb..0881d7789e 100644
--- a/ci/docker/linux-dnf-python-3.dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/linux-dnf-python-3.dockerfile
@@ -24,18 +24,20 @@ RUN dnf install -y \
         python3-pip \
         python3-devel
 
-RUN ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/pip3 /usr/local/bin/pip
-
-RUN pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
-
 COPY python/requirements-build.txt \
      python/requirements-test.txt \
      /arrow/python/
 
-RUN pip install \
-    -r arrow/python/requirements-build.txt \
-    -r arrow/python/requirements-test.txt
+# venv instead of system Python, otherwise pip can't upgrade
+# packages installed by RPM (error: uninstall-no-record-file)
+ENV ARROW_PYTHON_VENV /arrow-dev
+
+RUN python3 -m venv ${ARROW_PYTHON_VENV} && \
+    . ${ARROW_PYTHON_VENV}/bin/activate && \
+    pip install -U pip setuptools wheel && \
+    pip install \
+      -r arrow/python/requirements-build.txt \
+      -r arrow/python/requirements-test.txt
 
 ENV ARROW_ACERO=ON \
     ARROW_BUILD_STATIC=OFF \