missing python*-dev and gcc dependencies

[Martin Pitt]

[Impact]

autopkgtest execution for Xenial is broken, blocking automated inclusion into xenial-updates of SRUs for packages that python-virtualenv depends on. So human intervention is needed.

[Test Case]

$ pull-lp-source python-virtualenv xenial
$ autopkgtest -U --apt-pocket=proposed python-virtualenv-15.0.1+ds/ -- lxd autopkgtest/ubuntu/xenial/amd64

Expected Result: all tests pass

Actual Result:
smoketest-2 fails because world 4.0 doesn't support python2.7
smoketest-3 fails because gcc is not available

[Regression Potential]

None expected, because this change is already available Debian and Yakkety/Zesty

[Other Info]

http://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/python-virtualenv/yakkety/amd64 and http://ci.debian.net/packages/p/python-virtualenv/unstable/amd64/ recently started failing. Apparently until recently it downloaded the "chroot":

  Downloading world-3.1.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): setuptools in /tmp/autopkgtest.zlm6cw/autopkgtest_tmp/p2a/lib/python2.7/site-packages (from world)
Installing collected packages: world
Successfully installed world-3.1.1
it originates from ITALY

but now:

  Downloading world-4.0.tar.gz
    Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info:
    Python 3.4.0 or better is required

and then it apparently tries to build it, but is missing gcc and python?-dev.

So some external resource changed and broke the test, which uncovers that python?-virtualenv ought to Recommends: gcc, python?-dev.

Then the test should add "Restrictions: needs-recommends"

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

This also affecs xenial, the test now fails in the same way (locally, not on the infra as it didn't run there yet since the server change).

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

This is just a packaging bug. The new world version depends on atpublic which has an optional C component. world is only used in the dep-8 tests so this doesn't affect the virtualenv package itself at all.

I'll do a new release to Debian and sync it to Ubuntu. I'm not sure it's worth SRUing for Xenial.

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

I just uploaded 15.0.3+ds-2 to unstable. This pins the version of world to < 4 which I think is a better fix. As soon as that's imported I'll syncpackage it over.

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

Still have to decide about SRU for Xenial.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

SRUing it by itself is too much effort/noise indeed, but if we ever SRU virtualenv for anything "real" it would make sense to slip this in so that it doesn't regress its tests.

Thanks for the fix!

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

On Sep 21, 2016, at 09:50 PM, Martin Pitt wrote:

>SRUing it by itself is too much effort/noise indeed, but if we ever SRU
>virtualenv for anything "real" it would make sense to slip this in so
>that it doesn't regress its tests.

Yep, totally agreed!

[Barry Warsaw (barry)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-virtualenv - 15.0.3+ds-2

---------------
python-virtualenv (15.0.3+ds-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * d/tests/smoketest-{2,3}: Pin the version of world that pip installs to
    less than 4 so that no C is required. (LP: #1626201)

 -- Barry Warsaw <email address hidden> Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:01:01 -0400

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Only synced to y-proposed, will auto-close again when it lands.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-virtualenv - 15.0.3+ds-2

---------------
python-virtualenv (15.0.3+ds-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * d/tests/smoketest-{2,3}: Pin the version of world that pip installs to
    less than 4 so that no C is required. (LP: #1626201)

 -- Barry Warsaw <email address hidden> Wed, 21 Sep 2016 14:01:01 -0400

[Felipe Reyes (freyes)]

While SRUing a fix for bug 1626258, it was brought my attention to this bug as the blocker to automatically get my fix into xenial-updates, so here I'm attaching the same fix that landed in Yakkety

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

I've uploaded this to the Xenial queue, thanks!

[Chris J Arges (arges)]

Hello Martin, or anyone else affected,

Accepted python-virtualenv into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-virtualenv/15.0.1+ds-3ubuntu1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

[Felipe Reyes (freyes)]

The version of python-virtualenv available in xenial-proposed runs autopkgtest without issues.

$ autopkgtest -U --apt-pocket=proposed python-virtualenv -- lxd autopkgtest/ubuntu/xenial/amd64
autopkgtest [17:50:05]: version 4.1
...
Setting up python3-virtualenv (15.0.1+ds-3ubuntu1) ...
...
autopkgtest [17:52:59]: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ summary
smoketest-2 PASS
smoketest-3 PASS
setup-2 PASS
setup-3 PASS

Full log: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/23559776/

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/proposed-migration/xenial/update_excuses.html#python-virtualenv agrees ☺

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for python-virtualenv has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-virtualenv - 15.0.1+ds-3ubuntu1

---------------
python-virtualenv (15.0.1+ds-3ubuntu1) xenial; urgency=medium

  * d/tests/smoketest-{2,3}: Pin the version of world that pip installs to
    less than 4 so that no C is required. (LP: #1626201)

 -- Felipe Reyes <email address hidden> Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:45:40 -0800