Yea the shitshow is I can't arbitrarily update python in our kicad packaging without potentially breaking python plugins lol. So I rather leave it until 9.0
But I wonder if i can pin something in our tree hmmm On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 2:02 PM Ethan Chien <[email protected]> wrote: > The root cause of this build issue is that some modules required by the > get-pip-x64-windows package have been removed in python 12. Either patch > the get-pip-x64-windows package in the vcpkg fork or wait until its > maintainer upgrades it to accommodate Python 12 > BTW, vcpkg will always download and use the version of python specified in > its meta configuration file > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 1:48 AM Nicholas Burns < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Not sure I follow this clearly... Do I use GIT to downgrade vcpkg? If so, >> then my tenuous grip of GIT may be a problem! Though I'm sure I can work >> that out if I need to. However, is it not a bad idea to downgrade vcpkg to >> an earlier version to try and solve this problem? Does that not result in >> multiple packages being older than they should be? >> >> On Sun, 27 Oct 2024 at 17:01, Ethan Chien <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I have been fighting with python 3.12 too , the solution I found is to >>> navigate to the vcpkg registry dir , reset it hard to an earlier commit in >>> which python 3.11 is its default . >>> >>> Take a look at my kicad-win-builder mirror >>> <https://github.com/Huaqiu-Electronics/kicad-win-builder.git> on Github >>> in which the older vcpkg (3 months ago) >>> <https://github.com/Huaqiu-Electronics/vcpkg.git> is referenced. It >>> built the KiCad 8.0.5 successfully few days ago. >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 12:04 AM Nicholas Burns < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I had a system install of Python 3.7-odd installed I believe, but have >>>> uninstalled following the error. I then restarted the computer, went back >>>> into Visual Studio, went to Build->Delete Cache and Reconfigure, and ran >>>> into the same problem. Should I just wipe the KiCAD and vcpkg folders and >>>> try again from scratch because something has been polluted by the existing >>>> installation? I was holding off doing that due to the time it takes to >>>> compile all the dependencies! >>>> >>>> On Sunday 27 October 2024 at 15:50:02 UTC [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> It kind of sounds you have a broken build environment already somehow. >>>>> That error is expected if python 3.12 is used but we have python 3.11 >>>>> specified in our vcpkg config and its maintained in our vcpkg registry >>>>> layer. >>>>> >>>>> Do you have a system install of python 3.12? I have fought for many >>>>> years trying to get it ignored from the vcpkg build but python is >>>>> literally >>>>> cancer and has numerous backdoors detection methods to keep picking up the >>>>> system install. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 11:47 AM Nicholas Burns < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello. I've been trying to set up a build environment for KiCAD under >>>>>> Windows, following the visual studio build guide. I've avoided VS like >>>>>> the >>>>>> plague until now - but for this project I was willing to dip my toes! >>>>>> >>>>>> I've run into a python related problem during the CMake configuration >>>>>> phase. It collects and builds various packages through vcpkg, as >>>>>> expected, >>>>>> but trips up on wxpython. Investigating the log file I'm pointed to >>>>>> (D:\External_Gitlab_Projects\vcpkg\buildtrees\wxpython\get-pip-x64-windows-err.log) >>>>>> I find on the last line, "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named >>>>>> 'distutils'" >>>>>> >>>>>> I've done some looking around, and the most hopeful solution I found >>>>>> was to uninstall all installations of Python and try again... but >>>>>> unfortunately, this has not solved my problem. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have to admit - I'm stuck! Probably something simple because I'm >>>>>> not familiar with the toolchain. 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