Re: git: ad2d6b8e4888 - main - Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk: chase the switch to Python 3.9

On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 05:27:38PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 08:43:58PM +0000, Thierry Thomas wrote:
> > The branch main has been updated by thierry:
> > 
> > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=ad2d6b8e488819a85ade85ecbf1fc16db82b49b9
> > 
> > commit ad2d6b8e488819a85ade85ecbf1fc16db82b49b9
> > Author:     Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org>
> > AuthorDate: 2022-06-26 20:36:53 +0000
> > Commit:     Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org>
> > CommitDate: 2022-06-26 20:36:53 +0000
> > 
> >     Mk/bsd.default-versions.mk: chase the switch to Python 3.9
> >     
> >     Following the rules of
> >     <https://wiki.freebsd.org/Python#Steps_to_switch_the_Python_default_version>
> >     
> >     PR:             261703
> 
> It seems that with the upgrade of python 3.8 to 3.9 is broken some egg-info are
> changing from files to directories, which has too side effects:
> 
> FOr all the packages where the plist is hard coded meaning potentially the
> following:
> databases/rrdtool/pkg-plist:%%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/rrdtool-0.1.10-py%%PYTHON_VER%%.egg-info
> devel/py-gobject3/pkg-plist:%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/PyGObject-%%VERSION%%.egg-info
> emulators/virtualbox-ose-legacy/pkg-plist:%%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/vboxapi-1.0-py%%PYTHON_VER%%.egg-info
> graphics/lensfun/pkg-plist:%%PYHELPERS%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/lensfun-0.3.95-py%%PYTHON_VER%%.egg-info
> java/eclipse-pydev/pkg-plist:share/eclipse/dropins/pydev/eclipse/plugins/org.python.pydev.jython_8.2.0.202102211157/Lib/wsgiref.egg-info
> math/sage/pkg-plist:%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/sage-%%VER%%-py%%PYTHON_VER%%.egg-info
> science/agrum/pkg-plist:%%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pyAgrum-%%VERSION%%-py%%PYTHON_VER_MAJ%%.egg-info
> science/yoda/pkg-plist:%%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/yoda-%%VERSION%%-py%%PYTHON_VER%%.egg-info
> security/libpreludedb/pkg-plist:%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/preludedb-5.2.0-py%%PYTHON_VER%%.egg-info
> security/libpwquality/pkg-plist:%%PYTHON%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pwquality-1.4.4-py%%PYTHON_VER%%.egg-info
> security/sssd/pkg-plist:%%NO_SMB%%%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/SSSDConfig-1.16.5-py%%PYTHON_VER%%.egg-info
> sysutils/xen-tools/pkg-plist:%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/pygrub-0.6-py%%PYTHON_VER%%.egg-info
> sysutils/xen-tools/pkg-plist:%%PYTHON_SITELIBDIR%%/xen-3.0-py%%PYTHON_VER%%.egg-info
> 
> 
> pkg will fail to create the package:
> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=264962
> 
> I don't know why this hasn't arised from the exp-run, but still an issue but not
> the worse
> 
> for all the python packages which are using the autoplist feature, this is
> change is silently done, so some might say "hurray", but no, it means we cannot
> track which one is concerned, so an exp-run does not catch the issue.
> 
> What issue? pkg is not able to deal with such changes a file which becomes a
> directory in the upgrade process or a directory that becomes a file!
> 
> While I need to address this, it means that there will probably be a shitload of
> issues when the packages will be built, because the packages set will not be
> upgradable!
> 
> Can someone with python knowledge of the egg-info thing can weight here and
> please tell me I am wrong!
> 
> Best regards,
> Bapt

Reply to myself ;)

Apparently, only the port listed above are impacted, the others are fine, so the
issue is quite "isolated" and not "directly" related to the switch.

Best regards,
Bapt