That's just how Python works. :-( https://bugs.python.org/issue14229
** Bug watch added: Python Roundup #14229 http://bugs.python.org/issue14229 ** Changed in: qemu Status: New => Won't Fix -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893758 Title: meson: scary KeyboardInterrupt backtrace displayed Status in QEMU: Won't Fix Bug description: Pressing ^C while building (calling 'make') sometime displays KeyboardInterrupt exception backtrace (host Fedora 32): $ make qemu-system-arm Generating qemu-version.h with a meson_exe.py custom command ^CTraceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/meson", line 6, in <module> from pkg_resources import load_entry_point File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3252, in <module> def _initialize_master_working_set(): File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3235, in _call_aside f(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3277, in _initialize_master_working_set tuple( File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3278, in <genexpr> dist.activate(replace=False) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2782, in activate fixup_namespace_packages(self.location) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2295, in fixup_namespace_packages subpath = _handle_ns(package, path_item) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2194, in _handle_ns importer = get_importer(path_item) File "/usr/lib64/python3.8/pkgutil.py", line 415, in get_importer importer = sys.path_importer_cache[path_item] KeyboardInterrupt $ make [...] Compiling C object libcommon.fa.p/disas_alpha.c.o Compiling C object libcommon.fa.p/hw_isa_smc37c669-superio.c.o Compiling C object libcommon.fa.p/hw_isa_isa-superio.c.o Compiling C object libcommon.fa.p/hw_char_serial-isa.c.o Compiling C object libcommon.fa.p/hw_acpi_aml-build-stub.c.o ^CTraceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/meson", line 6, in <module> from pkg_resources import load_entry_point File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3252, in <module> make: *** [Makefile.ninja:994: libcommon.fa.p/disas_alpha.c.o] Interrupt make: *** [Makefile.ninja:998: libcommon.fa.p/hw_isa_smc37c669-superio.c.o] Interrupt make: *** [Makefile.ninja:1025: libcommon.fa.p/hw_isa_isa-superio.c.o] Interrupt make: *** [Makefile.ninja:1069: libcommon.fa.p/hw_char_serial-isa.c.o] Interrupt make: *** [Makefile.ninja:1102: libcommon.fa.p/hw_acpi_aml-build-stub.c.o] Interrupt make: *** [Makefile.ninja:2138: qemu-system-alpha.p/softmmu_main.c.o] Interrupt make: *** [Makefile.ninja:949: libblock.fa.p/block_qcow2.c.o] Interrupt def _initialize_master_working_set(): File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3235, in _call_aside f(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3287, in _initialize_master_working_set list(map(working_set.add_entry, sys.path)) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 623, in add_entry for dist in find_distributions(entry, True): File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2065, in find_on_path for dist in factory(fullpath): File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2134, in distributions_from_metadata yield Distribution.from_location( File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2590, in from_location return cls( File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2571, in __init__ self._version = safe_version(version) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 1331, in safe_version return str(packaging.version.Version(version)) File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pkg_resources/_vendor/packaging/version.py", line 205, in __init__ self._version = _Version( File "<string>", line 1, in __new__ KeyboardInterrupt make: *** [Makefile.ninja:875: qemu.syms.stamp] Interrupt To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1893758/+subscriptions