[Slackbuilds-users] mutual dependency? [was: sbotools: multiline build options]

[J. Milgram]

python-importlib_metadata and python-zipp really do seem to be pointing 
at each other:

After  removing both packages, and attempting to re-install (with 
sboinstall or manually):

The python-zipp build bombs with:

ERROR Missing dependencies:
         setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.1
         importlib-metadata>=4.6

while python-importlib_metadata seems to need python-zipp,  bombing with:

ERROR Missing dependencies:
         setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.1
         importlib-metadata>=4.6 -> zipp>=3.20

I  don't understand why  it's complaining about setuptools_scm ... I 
seem to have it:

/var/log/packages/python3-setuptools-scm-opt-8.3.1-noarch-1_SBo
/var/log/packages/python-setuptools_scm-6.3.2-x86_64-1
/var/log/packages/python3-setuptools_scm_git_archive-1.4.1-x86_64-1_SBo

... though not sure which (if  any) of these packages is the one it wants.

So I'm stuck  again.  Anyone have a next step  to suggest?

At least I got python3-setuptools-opt installed.

thanks!

Judah




On 5/27/26 02:10, J. Milgram wrote:
>
> Actually, I had already tried that without success. Am trying again, 
> having done this:
>
> python3 -m pip uninstall importlib-metadata importlib_metadata
>
> ... suspecting I had mixed pip-installed and SBo packages (and it 
> seems this is a bad thing to do and I have no memory of doing it.).
>
> This let me build/install python3-setuptools-opt-80.10.2-x86_64-1_SBo 
> (without reinstalling python-importlib_metadata)
>
> Yay. Very encouraging, however: still can't build 
> python-importlib_metadata, because:
>
> python-importlib_metadata build fails  with a complaint about not 
> finding zipp => 3.20. But I had it installed ... !??
>
> So I removed python-zipp, but then it wouldn't build again, because 
> ... python-importlib_metadata is missing.
>
> In other words, a circular dependency.
>
> Attempt to build python-zipp manually failed in the same way as 
> sboinstall.
>
> BTW both zipp and python-importlib_metadata builds are complaining 
> about missing  setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4.1 however I do have 
> python3-setuptools-scm-opt-8.3.1-noarch-1_SBo installed, so I don't  
> understand what the problem is.
>
> So I'm making progress but not there yet and out of ideas. Anyway I 
> need to set it aside until tomorrow.
>
> Thanks again for the help and wisdom.
>
> Judah
>
>
>
> On 5/27/26 01:15, fourtysixandtwo wrote:
>> 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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