Re: [libvirt] libvirt-python RPM installation not recognized by pip

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 07:35:30AM -0400, Cleber Rosa wrote: > Hello, > > When using the standard "requirements.txt" files for installation > package dependencies, I noticed that "libvirt-python" would attempt to > be installed by "pip" even when the equivalent RPM package is already > installed. > > For instance, on a Fedora 25 system: > > $ rpm -q libvirt-python > libvirt-python-2.2.0-1.fc25.x86_64 > $ python -e 'import pkg_resources; > pkg_resources.get_distribution("libvirt-python")' > ... > pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'libvirt-python' distribution > was not found and is required by the application > > The provider (the actual module) is actually present, but (rightfully > so) under the name "libvirt": > > $ python -c 'import pkg_resources; print > pkg_resources.get_provider("libvirt")' > <pkg_resources.DefaultProvider instance at 0x7fdfbc67a488> > > At first sight, this seems to be caused by the lack of an "egg-info" > file, such as: > > $PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES/libvirt_python-2.2.0-py2.7.egg-info > > I'm reporting a supposedly packaging issue here since the libvirt-python > setup.py file itself includes support for a custom rpm command. > > Please advise if any of this is intentional, and/or whether this should > indeed be reported here or on downstream only. > On non-rpm system, I have that file and it works properly: $ ls /usr/lib64/python*/site-packages/libvirt_python-3.2.0-py*.egg-info /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/libvirt_python-3.2.0-py2.7.egg-info /usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/libvirt_python-3.2.0-py3.4.egg-info $ pip install --user libvirt-python Requirement already satisfied: libvirt-python in /usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages Looks like this _might_ be related to the %install script in libvirt-python.spec.in: rm -f %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/python*/site-packages/*egg-info So it should be included instead, I guess. Cc'ing the original author for confirmation that it was not intentional.