Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] oeqa httpserver.py: fallback for multiprocessing import without bitbake

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Fri, 2025-11-21 at 15:30 +0200, Mikko Rapeli wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 01:27:56PM +0000, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > On Fri, 2025-11-21 at 12:59 +0200, Mikko Rapeli via
> > lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> > > When testexport.bbclass is used, then build environment and
> > > bitbake
> > > may not be available when oeqa tests run.
> > > 
> > > Fixes oeqa test execution:
> > > 
> > > https://ledge.validation.linaro.org/scheduler/job/123974
> > > 
> > > ImportError: Failed to import test module: apt
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > >   File "/usr/lib/python3.13/unittest/loader.py", line 396, in
> > > _find_test_path
> > >     module = self._get_module_from_name(name)
> > >   File "/usr/lib/python3.13/unittest/loader.py", line 339, in
> > > _get_module_from_name
> > >     __import__(name)
> > >     ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^
> > >   File "/lava-downloads/core-image-
> > > sato/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/apt.py", line 8, in <module>
> > >     from oeqa.utils.httpserver import HTTPService
> > >   File "/lava-downloads/core-image-
> > > sato/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/httpserver.py", line 9, in <module>
> > >     from bb import multiprocessing
> > > ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'bb'
> > 
> > Breaks with python 3.14.
> 
> Understood but this would fix current test setups which still have
> python 3.13.

Where should we document that testexport only works if you have 3.13 or
lower and not with 3.14? Who is going to maintain these requirements?
This "not needing bb" requirement isn't really working well.

I'd rather require lib/bb be present and included in the exported test
data for example.

Cheers,

Richard