On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 at 19:59, John Snow <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> GitLab CI: https://gitlab.com/jsnow/qemu/-/pipelines/2320293005
>
> The tox test is still broken because our use of avocado uses
> pkg_resources, it will have to be removed but in a separate
> series. Let's get the core tests green first and then worry about deeper
> surgeries later.
>
> John Snow (2):
> python: fix minreqs test under newest pip/setuptools
> python: drop uses of pkg_resources
>
> python/Makefile | 5 ++---
> python/setup.py | 4 ----
> python/tests/minreqs.txt | 10 +++++-----
> tests/Makefile.include | 2 +-
> 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
Applying this series locally fixes the "No module named 'pkg_resources'"
error, but instead I get:
lanath:noble:qemu$ make -C build/clang/ check-functional
make: Entering directory '/home/pm215/qemu/build/clang'
VENVPIP install --no-build-isolation -e /home/pm215/qemu/python/
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× Preparing editable metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [13 lines of output]
running dist_info
creating /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-bj38p2z_/qemu.egg-info
writing /tmp/pip-modern-metadata-bj38p2z_/qemu.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to
/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-bj38p2z_/qemu.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing entry points to
/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-bj38p2z_/qemu.egg-info/entry_points.txt
writing requirements to
/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-bj38p2z_/qemu.egg-info/requires.txt
writing top-level names to
/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-bj38p2z_/qemu.egg-info/top_level.txt
writing manifest file
'/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-bj38p2z_/qemu.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest file
'/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-bj38p2z_/qemu.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
writing manifest file
'/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-bj38p2z_/qemu.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
creating '/tmp/pip-modern-metadata-bj38p2z_/qemu-0.6.1.0a1.dist-info'
error: invalid command 'bdist_wheel'
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a
problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed
× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.
note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.
make: *** [/home/pm215/qemu/tests/Makefile.include:109:
/home/pm215/qemu/build/clang/pyvenv/tests.group] Error 1
make: Leaving directory '/home/pm215/qemu/build/clang'
Applying only patch 2 and not patch 1 avoids this and allows
check-functional to work.
thanks
-- PMM
