On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 12:33 PM Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 12:27:01PM -0500, John Snow wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 3:53 AM Daniel P. Berrangé <[email protected]> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2026 at 04:27:31PM -0500, John Snow wrote:
> > > > add the "pyvenv_functests_group" target to meson. This target will
> > > > invoke mkvenv.py to install the associated dependency group to the
> > > > build/pyvenv directory.
> > > >
> > > > A "pyvenv_tooling_group" is not included here as it is the plan to
> > > > always install this group by default, so it will not need an on-demand
> > > > trigger.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: John Snow <[email protected]>
> > > > ---
> > > >  meson.build        |  1 +
> > > >  pyvenv/meson.build | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
> > > >  create mode 100644 pyvenv/meson.build
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
> > > > index 3108f01e887..245f1bc2ec9 100644
> > > > --- a/meson.build
> > > > +++ b/meson.build
> > > > @@ -4551,6 +4551,7 @@ subdir('scripts')
> > > >  subdir('tools')
> > > >  subdir('pc-bios')
> > > >  subdir('docs')
> > > > +subdir('pyvenv')
> > > >  # Tests are disabled on emscripten because they rely on host features 
> > > > that aren't
> > > >  # supported by emscripten (e.g. fork and unix socket).
> > > >  if host_os != 'emscripten'
> > > > diff --git a/pyvenv/meson.build b/pyvenv/meson.build
> > > > new file mode 100644
> > > > index 00000000000..2bfddeb4a52
> > > > --- /dev/null
> > > > +++ b/pyvenv/meson.build
> > > > @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
> > > > +# Note that this file only controls "optional" dependency groups; 
> > > > groups
> > > > +# *required* for the build are handled directly in configure instead:
> > > > +# namely, meson and sphinx.
> > > > +
> > > > +# NB: This command may or may not include the "--online" flag, 
> > > > depending
> > > > +# on the results of configure.
> > > > +ensuregroup_cmd = config_host['MKVENV_ENSUREGROUP'].split()
> > >
> > > I'm confused because this implies that "ensuregroup_cmd" use of the
> > > --online flag is supposed to be controlled by configure
> > >
> > >
> > > > +
> > > > +pyvenv_common_deps = files(
> > > > +    meson.project_source_root() + '/pythondeps.toml',
> > > > +    meson.project_source_root() + '/python/scripts/mkvenv.py'
> > > > +)
> > > > +pyvenv_wheel_dir = meson.project_source_root() + '/python/wheels'
> > > > +
> > > > +
> > > > +# This group is allowed to rely on internet, to fetch from PyPI.
> > > > +# If --online was not passed to configure, this could fail.
> > >
> > > ...and this also suggests --online is supposed to be controlled
> > > by configure, but...
> > >
> > > > +pyvenv_functests_group = custom_target(
> > > > +    'pyvenv_functests_group',
> > > > +    output: 'functests.group',
> > > > +    input: pyvenv_common_deps,
> > > > +    command: ensuregroup_cmd + [
> > > > +        '--online',
> > >
> > > now we just go ahead and hardcode use of --online regardless.
> >
> > Whoops, leftover from when I had both groups. What is now the tooling
> > group used to obey the flags, and I garbled the comments. My gut tells
> > me that we should force --online here, and if it fails because we're
> > actually in an isolated environment, then so be it.
> >
> > On the other hand, if we were configured offline, the error message
> > you get from mkvenv might be better.
> >
> > Do you have an opinion?
>
> IIUC, the later patch only adds pyvenv_functests_group to the thorough
> functional tests, NOT the quick tests.  Given that the thorough tests
> mandated online access to download assets, it feels reasonable to also
> hardcode --online here for their code prereqs.

Works for me; will fix my mumbled comments.

>
> With regards,
> Daniel
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