Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 02/13] package/python-pip: add host variant

[Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>]

>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> writes:

 > Peter, All,
 > On 2023-06-12 17:52 +0200, Peter Korsgaard spake thusly:
 >> >>>>> "Adam" == Adam Duskett <aduskett@gmail.com> writes:
 >> > In the following patch that updates libselinux, the libselinux python tools now
 >> > require pip to install.
 >> > Signed-off-by: Adam Duskett <aduskett@gmail.com>
 >> Somewhat related, is there any way we can ensure that this pip is only
 >> used for the installation logic (which is fine if a bit odd)

 > Yes, I too found it odd. I don't recall the details, though, but indeed,
 > we do need pip to perform the install step, while the build step is
 > still performed with setuptools.

 >> and NOT to pull in extra python
 >> dependencies (which is naturally NOT OK)?

 > That was a concern of mine when I applied the patch, too, but I did not
 > have a good idea to prevent that.

 > But since then, I've learnt about --no-index, and if that is not enough,
 > we can redirect to a fake index with -i and --extra-index-url. Could
 > using --no-deps also be useful?

 > So we could maybe provide our wrapper around pip3, that uses a combo of
 > those options, to prevent installing anything but a local file.

Ahh, yes - That could be a nice improvement!

 > That would not work for packages that use a python script to import pip
 > and directly call it, though; is that even possible (I'd guess so, and
 > probably something, somewhere is (ab)using that).

Hmm, I guess someone is creative enough for that ;)

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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