[Slackbuilds-users] libinput-1.15.4 build fails: no pkg_resources

[Didier Spaier]

Le 23/03/2020 à 22:09, Rich Shepard a écrit :
> I'm running Slackware-14.2/x86_64 and Python3-3.8.2 with current versions of
> libinput requirements and libinput-1.15.3. When I try to build -1.15.4 the
> process fails here:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/bin/meson", line 6, in <module>
>     from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkg_resources'
> 
> Sure enough, I cannot import pkg_resources in Python3.
> 
> A StackOverflow thread taught me that pkg_resources is distributed with
> setuptools; I have three of 'em here: python-setuptools-22.0.5-x86_64-1[1],
> setuptools-git-1.1-x86_64-1_SBo, and setuptools-scm-3.3.3-x86_64-1_SBo. An
> answer to the SO question says that:
> 
> "July 2018 Update
> 
> "Most people should now use pip install setuptools (possibly with sudo).
> 
> "Some may need to (re)install the python-setuptools package via their
> package manager (apt-get install, yum install, etc.).
> 
> "This issue can be highly dependent on your OS and dev environment. See the
> legacy/other answers below if the above isn't working for you.
> 
> "Explanation
> 
> "This error message is caused by a missing/broken Python setuptools package.
> Per Matt M.'s comment and setuptools issue #581, the bootstrap script
> referred to below is no longer the recommended installation method.
> 
> "The bootstrap script instructions will remain below, in case it's still helpful to
> anyone."
> 
> Advice needed,
> 
> Rich
> 
> [1] SBo has python3-setuptools_autover, but not a separate
> python3-setuptools.

python-setup-tools is not needed to build libinput according to:
sqg -p libinput. The queue file is:

six
pyudev
python-evdev
graphviz
ninja
python3
meson
libwacom
libinput

Additionally python in SBo is @ version 3.7.2, not 3.8 and upgrading a
needed package in a build chain is a hit or miss endeavor.

As long as you use software shipped neither in Slacwkare 14.2 nor in
SBo at the version provided, as far as I am in concern you are on your
own.


Have a good day,
Didier