[Slackbuilds-users] sbotools: multiline build options

[fourtysixandtwo]

Have you removed "python-importlib_metadata" and tried building
python3-setuptools-opt yet?

On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 8:17 AM J. Milgram via SlackBuilds-users
<slackbuilds-users at slackbuilds.org> wrote:
>
>
> All good. Let's give it a go:
>
> The python-importlib_metadata manual build fails with:
>
> ERROR Missing dependencies:
>          setuptools>=61.2
>          setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.1
>          importlib-metadata>=4.6 -> zipp>=3.20
>
> So right there I have a circular dependency:
>
> python-importlib_metadata: python3-setuptools_scm: (per the error
> message, though not the SlackBuild info file)
>
> python3-setuptools_scm: python-importlib_metadata (per the info file)
>
> BTW attempt to build python3-setuptools_scm manually fails with the same
> error (I think) I see when building python3-setuptools-opt:
>
> ===
> AttributeError: 'PathDistribution' object has no attribute
> '_normalized_name'
>
> ERROR Backend subprocess exited when trying to invoke
> get_requires_for_build_sdist
> ===
>
> More to follow ... (am still upgrading packages ... I obviously let
> things go too long!)
>
> JM
>
>
>
>
> On 5/26/26 04:53, 414N wrote:
> >
> > Il 26/05/26 03:38, J. Milgram via SlackBuilds-users ha scritto:
> >>
> >> I tried building it as a standalone, manually with "sh python3-
> >> setuptools-opt.SlackBuild". Same result.
> >>
> >> But good idea to try it. Thanks, and I'll report back after my SBo
> >> upgrade campaign.
> >>
> >> Judah
> >
> > Sorry I was not more explicit about it: what I meant was to
> > rebuild/upgrade manually the importlib-metadata package, not the
> > setuptools-opt one.
> >
> > Your "pip3 list" output reports a version that is far behind the
> > current one on SBo (4.10.1 vs 8.7.0).
> >
> > Updating this first might fix your issues with setuptools-opt.
> >
> >
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