Dear mentors,
I want to ask a question on resolving circular dependencies of Python
packages, which use distutils to build, as I am trying to package
oletools, for which a RFP-bug has been filed [1].
~oletools~ has a circular dependency inside its seup.py [2] to ~pcodedmp~
#+BEGIN_SRC
install_requires=[
...
'pcodedmp>=1.2.5',
],
#+END_SRC
In turn ~pcodedmp~has a dependency on ~oletools~ in its setup.py [3]
#+BEGIN_SRC
INSTALL_REQUIRES = [
'oletools>=0.54',
...
]
#+END_SRC
Those are de-facto runtime dependencies, but ~pcodedmp~ is required by
~oletools~ to run the `python setup.py tests` during the build of
oletools, so it is kind of a build dependency, too. I assume disabling
those tests selectively, which require ~pcodedmp~ would be a viable
solution, since the policy suggests to break the loop by utilizing
Debian tooling [4]. Is this correct?
If so, I have a practical question about realizing it: I consulted the
documentation of pybuild [5] and am able to disable all tests, which
might not be an apt solution. Therefore I tried to `export
PYBUILD_TEST_ARGS=-k-test_to_skip` in the rules file, which should
disable only the test(s) in question. Unfortunately this does not work
as I get the error error:
`I: pybuild base:232: python3.9 setup.py test -k-test_to_skip
[...snip...] error: option -k not recognized`
Do you have an idea on how to resolve this and where the problem
resides? Is the pybuild-documentation misleading in this regard or is it
my fault?
Thanks already in advance for your help!
Best regards,
Jan
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[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=939464
[2] https://github.com/decalage2/oletools/blob/master/setup.py
[3] https://github.com/bontchev/pcodedmp/blob/master/setup.py
[4]
https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#binary-dependencies-depends-recommends-suggests-enhances-pre-depends
[5] See https://wiki.debian.org/Python/Pybuild
