lxml

TypeError during build: chown() missing 1 required positional argument: 'numeric_owner'

Bug #1503807 reported by Jason R. Coombs
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lxml
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scoder
lxml 3.5

Bug Description

Building lxml 3.4.4 or 3.5.0b1 on OS X 10.11 and Python 3.5.0 with STATIC_DEPS=True, I get the following error:

```
$ STATIC_DEPS=True easy_install 'lxml<3.5dev'
Searching for lxml<3.5dev
Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/lxml/
Best match: lxml 3.4.4
Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/l/lxml/lxml-3.4.4.tar.gz#md5=a9a65972afc173ec7a39c585f4eea69c
Processing lxml-3.4.4.tar.gz
Writing /var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/setup.cfg
Running lxml-3.4.4/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/egg-dist-tmp-l56u3azr
Building lxml version 3.4.4.
Latest version of libiconv is 1.14
Downloading libiconv into libs/libiconv-1.14.tar.gz
Unpacking libiconv-1.14.tar.gz into build/tmp
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 152, in save_modules
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 193, in setup_context
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 237, in run_setup
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 267, in run
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 236, in runner
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 46, in _execfile
  File "/var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/setup.py", line 230, in <module>
  File "/var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/setup.py", line 144, in setup_extra_options
  File "/var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/setupinfo.py", line 57, in ext_modules
  File "/var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/buildlibxml.py", line 331, in build_libxml2xslt
  File "/var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/buildlibxml.py", line 245, in unpack_tarball
  File "/var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/buildlibxml.py", line 225, in _extractall
TypeError: chown() missing 1 required positional argument: 'numeric_owner'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin/easy_install", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('setuptools==18.3.2', 'console_scripts', 'easy_install')()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 2279, in main
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/distutils/dist.py", line 955, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/distutils/dist.py", line 974, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 389, in run
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 638, in easy_install
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 668, in install_item
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 851, in install_eggs
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1079, in build_and_install
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/command/easy_install.py", line 1065, in run_setup
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 240, in run_setup
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/contextlib.py", line 77, in __exit__
    self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 193, in setup_context
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/contextlib.py", line 77, in __exit__
    self.gen.throw(type, value, traceback)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 164, in save_modules
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 139, in resume
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/compat.py", line 65, in reraise
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 152, in save_modules
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 193, in setup_context
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 237, in run_setup
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 267, in run
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 236, in runner
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/setuptools-18.3.2-py3.5.egg/setuptools/sandbox.py", line 46, in _execfile
  File "/var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/setup.py", line 230, in <module>
  File "/var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/setup.py", line 144, in setup_extra_options
  File "/var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/setupinfo.py", line 57, in ext_modules
  File "/var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/buildlibxml.py", line 331, in build_libxml2xslt
  File "/var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/buildlibxml.py", line 245, in unpack_tarball
  File "/var/folders/c6/v7hnmq453xb6p2dbz1gqc6rr0000gn/T/easy_install-lfefnmrr/lxml-3.4.4/buildlibxml.py", line 225, in _extractall
TypeError: chown() missing 1 required positional argument: 'numeric_owner'
```

I suspect the monkeypatch for _extractall is no longer compatible with Python 3.5.

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Jason R. Coombs (jaraco) wrote :

The issue appears to be fixed in https://github.com/lxml/lxml/commit/e3cb59db4f616d1c8c591fe16b21c03c073dd346

scoder (scoder)
Changed in lxml:
assignee: nobody → scoder (scoder)
milestone: none → 3.5
status: New → Fix Committed
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Jason R. Coombs (jaraco) wrote :

Sure would be nice to get a release with this fix, as installs from PyPI always fail.

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George V. Reilly (georgevreilly) wrote :

This works for me:
  STATIC_DEPS=true pip3 install https://github.com/lxml/lxml/archive/master.zip

However, I am now stymied by https://github.com/Kozea/pygal/issues/282

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scoder (scoder) wrote :

Fixed in lxml 3.5.0.

Changed in lxml:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Jason R. Coombs (jaraco) wrote :

Awesome. Thanks!

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