Re: Questions regarding Python packaging

[Tanguy Le Carrour]

Hi Leo,


Le 11/08, Leo Famulari a écrit :
> On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 03:27:17PM +0100, Tanguy Le Carrour wrote:
> > `pep517` keeps on trying to download dependencies, which won't work.
>
> That usually means that the software is missing some dependencies. If
> you think they should be available in the build environment,
> double-check that they are, and then look into how the software is
> looking for them.

I'll check and double check!


> > `build` crashes with "ZIP does not support timestamps before 1980",
> > which, I guess is related to the fact that everything in the store is
> > timestamped to January 1st 1970.
> 
> Are you using the python-build-system? It should handle this problem
> with its 'ensure-no-mtimes-pre-1980' phase.

Good to know, thanks! I'll read more about this 'ensure-no-mtimes-pre-1980'
phase.


> If will help if you share your package definition.

I'll work a bit more on it based on your answers guys and post a WIP to
guix-devel.

Regards

-- 
Tanguy