Bug#1052812: python-pytest-timeout: FTBFS: dh_auto_test: error: pybuild --test --test-pytest -i python{version} -p 3.11 returned exit code 13

[Scott Talbert]

On Tue, 26 Sep 2023, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:

Relevant part (hopefully):
 debian/rules binary
dh binary --buildsystem=pybuild --with python3
   dh_update_autotools_config -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_autoreconf -O--buildsystem=pybuild
   dh_auto_configure -O--buildsystem=pybuild
I: pybuild base:291: python3.11 setup.py config
running config
   dh_auto_build -O--buildsystem=pybuild
I: pybuild base:291: /usr/bin/python3 setup.py build
running build
running build_py
copying pytest_timeout.py -> 
/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.11_python-pytest-timeout/build
   dh_auto_test -O--buildsystem=pybuild
I: pybuild base:291: cd 
/<<PKGBUILDDIR>>/.pybuild/cpython3_3.11_python-pytest-timeout/build; python3.11 
-m pytest

I think this is happening because of the change to dh-python to remove the 
*.egg-info files as part of 'clean'.  The egg is needed for running tests 
so the plugin can be found.  (The egg is built as part of the build 
process, but not until the 'install' phase.)  We could try to work around 
this, but I think a better solution is to switch to pyproject.toml, which 
I think shouldn't be affected by this problem.  I sent a pull request 
upstream.

Scott