The python wheel package is required for building using the python-wheel cygclass, but nothing in cygport verifies its existence, and the error from the Python commands themselves aren't particularly helpful either. To avoid other people wasting the time I just did trying to debug Python build errors, check if the relevant wheel executable is installed, and complain if it isn't. --- cygclass/python-wheel.cygclass | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/cygclass/python-wheel.cygclass b/cygclass/python-wheel.cygclass index 4f71639d..3f274b98 100644 --- a/cygclass/python-wheel.cygclass +++ b/cygclass/python-wheel.cygclass @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ do esac check_prog_req pip${ver} python${ver//.}-pip + check_prog_req wheel-${ver} python${ver//.}-wheel done #****o* python-wheel.cygclass/PKG_NAMES (python-wheel) -- 2.40.1