I pinned vcpkg-get-python-packages in the kicad repo to the older version, might work
On Sun, Oct 27, 2024 at 7:38 PM Mark Roszko <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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