Re: [ANNOUNCE] nftables 1.0.8 release

[Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo@netfilter.org>]

On 7/14/23 13:05, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> The Netfilter project proudly presents:
> 
>          nftables 1.0.8
> 

It seems the python package is a bit broken.

The problem can be reproduced using the tests/build/run-tests.sh script, which 
will produce something like:

==== 8< ====
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py:66: 
SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated.
!!

 
********************************************************************************
         Please avoid running ``setup.py`` directly.
         Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer, pypa/build or
         other standards-based tools.

         See https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html 
for details.
 
********************************************************************************

!!
   self.initialize_options()
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py:66: 
EasyInstallDeprecationWarning: easy_install command is deprecated.
!!

 
********************************************************************************
         Please avoid running ``setup.py`` and ``easy_install``.
         Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer, pypa/build or
         other standards-based tools.

         See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/917 for details.
 
********************************************************************************

!!
   self.initialize_options()
TEST FAILED: 
/tmp/tmp.JeA0ZINB5h/nftables-1.0.8/_inst/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/ 
does NOT support .pth files
bad install directory or PYTHONPATH

You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not
on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from.  The
installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:

     /tmp/tmp.JeA0ZINB5h/nftables-1.0.8/_inst/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/

and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:

     ''

Here are some of your options for correcting the problem:

* You can choose a different installation directory, i.e., one that is
   on PYTHONPATH or supports .pth files

* You can add the installation directory to the PYTHONPATH environment
   variable.  (It must then also be on PYTHONPATH whenever you run
   Python and want to use the package(s) you are installing.)

* You can set up the installation directory to support ".pth" files by
   using one of the approaches described here:

 
https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/deprecated/easy_install.html#custom-installation-locations


Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
error: could not create 'nftables.egg-info': Permission denied
make[3]: *** [Makefile:462: install-exec-local] Error 1
make[2]: *** [Makefile:349: install-am] Error 2
make[1]: *** [Makefile:481: install-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [Makefile:697: distcheck] Error 1
==== 8< ====

I ignore what the fix is at the moment, but if if distutils is truly deprecated 
then a revert of 
https://git.netfilter.org/nftables/commit/?id=1acc2fd48c755a8931fa87b8d0560b750316059f 
may not be the correct solution.