Matthias Klose writes ("Re: Bug#840673: dput missing a dependency on python
setuptools library [and 1 more messages]"):
> On 09.11.2016 21:44, Goirand Thomas (aka zigo) wrote:
> > What's happening here is probably dput having a Python dep
> > on setuptools but it's not expressed in the Debian package's
> > runtime Depends:. The way to fix it would be patching the
> > dput Python requires (probably, that's in setup.py), or add the
> > Depends: python-setuptools in the dput package. But I haven't
> > looked at the issue so I can't tell which one of actions to do.
I don't think this is right.
See Ben Finney's message here:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=836710#10
> it's surprising that dput would need a dependency on the setuptools
> egg instead of the pkg_resources egg. A dependency on the
> setuptools egg just sounds plain wrong.
>
> Do you have a test case why a dependency on the setuptools egg is needed?
Is this likely to be relevant ?
(build)root@zealot:/home/ian# egrep .
/usr/share/dput/dput-0.10.3.egg-info/requires.txt
setuptools
python-debian
(build)root@zealot:/home/ian#
Also, I don't understand how python module loading stuff works, but
the behaviour I see below makes things quite hard to test:
(build)root@zealot:/home/ian# dput
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/dput", line 6, in <module>
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2994,
in <module>
@_call_aside
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2980,
in _call_aside
f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3007,
in _initialize_master_working_set
working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 658,
in _build_master
ws.require(__requires__)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 966,
in require
needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 852,
in resolve
raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'setuptools' distribution was not found
and is required by dput
(build)root@zealot:/home/ian# cp /usr/bin/dput .
(build)root@zealot:/home/ian# python ./dput
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./dput", line 6, in <module>
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2994,
in <module>
@_call_aside
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2980,
in _call_aside
f(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3007,
in _initialize_master_working_set
working_set = WorkingSet._build_master()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 658,
in _build_master
ws.require(__requires__)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 966,
in require
needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements))
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 852,
in resolve
raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers)
pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'dput==0.10.3' distribution was not
found and is required by the application
(build)root@zealot:/home/ian#
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