Re: [RFC PATCH v3 11/20] tests/vm: add py310-expat to NetBSD

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 04:02:39PM -0400, John Snow wrote:
> NetBSD cannot successfully run "ensurepip" without access to the pyexpat
> module, which NetBSD debundles. Like the Debian patch, it would be
> strictly faster long term to install pip/setuptools, and I recommend
> developers at their workstations take that approach instead.

This sounds a bit like a NetBSD packaging bug surely ?  If we've got
ensurepip installed and it doesn't work due to missing expat I would
have though NetBSD should add a dependancy.

None the less, we'll need a fix in QEMU until that's addressed.

> 
> For the purposes of a throwaway VM, there's not really a speed
> difference for who is responsible for installing pip; us (needs
> py310-pip) or Python (needs py310-expat).
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
> ---
>  tests/vm/netbsd | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>

With regards,
Daniel
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