https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2020/07/04/gentoo-tinderbox/ Issue: dev-python/pychroot-0.10.4 fails to compile (GCC-14-SYSTEM). Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: gcc14_tinderbox) NOTE: (GCC-14-SYSTEM) in the summary means that the bug was found on a machine that runs gcc-14 but this bug MAY or MAY NOT BE related to the new compiler
Created attachment 880373 [details] build.log build log and emerge --info
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=3c9b208802de168048568f1725d3f4a2cc7b9f62 commit 3c9b208802de168048568f1725d3f4a2cc7b9f62 Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2023-12-27 16:44:36 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2023-12-27 16:44:36 +0000 package.mask: Last rite dev-python/pychroot Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/920763 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> profiles/package.mask | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
I'm using on an AMD64: gcc (Gentoo 13.2.1_p20230826 p7) 13.2.1 20230826 and dev-python/pychroot, both 0.10.4 & 9999 failed to build. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychroot-0.10.4/work/pychroot-0.10.4 ... * python3_11: running distutils-r1_run_phase distutils-r1_python_compile python3.11 setup.py build -j 8 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychroot-0.10.4/work/pychroot-0.10.4/setup.py", line 5, in <module> from snakeoil.dist import distutils_extensions as pkgdist ImportError: cannot import name 'distutils_extensions' from 'snakeoil.dist' (/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/snakeoil/dist/__init__.py) * ERROR: dev-python/pychroot-0.10.4::gentoo failed (compile phase): * (no error message)
Yes, it's known broken and being last rited as it's archived upstream.
Any suggestions for alternatives that chroot like pychroot for an OpenRC system?
The most recent fork of the project is 7 years old. No hope in Fork Land.
I've been looking into why this package is broken. I'm including what I found here in case someone else wants to follow the path I'm taking. The GenPi64 project (conceived by Sakaki) relies on chrooting on an openRC system, the Systemd version relies on an alternative: systemd-nspawn. The error dev-python/pychroot commits is: cannot import name 'distutils_extensions' from 'snakeoil.dist' pychroot relies on snakeoil. Snakeoil, in turn, had the distutils in snakeoil.dist.distutils_extensions. Important notes from the snakeoil news log documenting the decision to drop distutils which, in turn, has not broken the frozen dev-python/pychroot. nakeoil/NEWS.rst:8:- remove deprecated ``distutils_extensions`` (Arthur Zamarin, #77) snakeoil/NEWS.rst:29:- dist.sphinxext: mark ``distutils_extensions`` as deprecated. This module will snakeoil/NEWS.rst:78:- ``dist.distutils_extensions`` is now **deprecated**, and will be removed in snakeoil/NEWS.rst:104:- distutils_extensions: fix pip detection for editable installs (Arthur snakeoil/NEWS.rst:121:- Fix distutils extension compatibility with setuptools. (Sam James, Arthur snakeoil/NEWS.rst:130:- Fix distutils extension compatibility with setuptools 60. snakeoil/NEWS.rst:149:- snakeoil.dist.distutils_extensions: Migrate to using distutils bundled with snakeoil/NEWS.rst:150: setuptools since distutils is now deprecated in py3.10 and will be removed in So, what is happening here is that pychroot relied on snakeoil's distribution utilities which, in turn, relied on a package that was being deprecated in Python 3.10. This looks to be all about *distribution* of the package and does not touch upon the ability of the pychroot scripts to do what they do best: change root. The demise of pychroot is not due to bugs within its scripts, at least for purposes of its package in Gentoo. Instead the fact that the package distribution relies on deprecated maintenance scripts *AND* the author has effectively abandoned this project by freezing it qualifies it for removal from Gentoo. I suppose one might take the pychroot scripts and integrate them into one's own environment manually. This will probably be the option I'll pursue.
On further thought, the problem is that snakeoil in December 2023 removed distutils_extensions. Perhaps if I pull in an earlier version of snakeoil, the distutils_extensions will be present allow pychroot to install. A window of opportunity. With pychroot consigned for removal from Gentoo however, this approach will not be helpful after February, 2024.
You would indeed be better off forking it then porting it to meson or filt or something.
As for alternatives: * sys-apps/arch-chroot * dev-util/chroot-wrapper * dev-util/schroot at least..
I determined that snakeoil dropped the distribution package in December 2023, so I tried installing the earlier version of snakeoil which, in turn, brought with it the distribution_utilities package using this command: emerge =dev-python/snakeoil-0.10.5 Thereafter, pychroot installed. A last glimmer of light before pychroot is banished. Sam, thank you for the suggestions.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=3d1b9dc770bb50443c8974f6680cf06118bfd238 commit 3d1b9dc770bb50443c8974f6680cf06118bfd238 Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2024-02-02 16:35:27 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2024-02-02 16:38:56 +0000 dev-python/pychroot: Remove last-rited pkg Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/920763 Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> dev-python/pychroot/Manifest | 1 - dev-python/pychroot/metadata.xml | 9 ------ dev-python/pychroot/pychroot-0.10.4.ebuild | 45 ------------------------------ dev-python/pychroot/pychroot-9999.ebuild | 45 ------------------------------ profiles/package.mask | 6 ---- 5 files changed, 106 deletions(-)
