New setuptools release prevents install of python core library

[melvin806]

Hi

I followed the instructions to upgrade the package
python -m pip install --upgrade ibm-cloud-sdk-core

i am running on wsl,
i am running on python 3.9 inside wsl
my setuptools-72.0.0

But i am getting this error, may i know what i am missing?
× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [18 lines of output]

    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-nz566fgr/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 327, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
      return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-nz566fgr/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 297, in _get_build_requires
      self.run_setup()
    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-nz566fgr/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 497, in run_setup
      super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
    File "/tmp/pip-build-env-nz566fgr/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 313, in run_setup
      exec(code, locals())
    File "<string>", line 20, in <module>
  ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools.command.test'
  [end of output]

[vinothsubramanian]

I confirm that the same issue occurs using uv.

uv pip install -r .\requirements.txt
⠴ ibm-cloud-sdk-core==3.20.3                                                                                                                                                            
error: Failed to download and build 'ibm-cloud-sdk-core==3.20.3'
  Caused by: Failed to build: 'ibm-cloud-sdk-core==3.20.3'
  Caused by: Build backend failed to determine extra requires with 'build_wheel()' with exit code: 1
stdout:

--- stderr:
<string>:18: DeprecationWarning: pkg_resources is deprecated as an API. See https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/pkg_resources.html
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 14, in <module>
  File "C:\Users\myuserid\AppData\Local\uv\cache\builds-v0\.tmp8oeKOV\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 327, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
    return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Users\myuserid\AppData\Local\uv\cache\builds-v0\.tmp8oeKOV\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 297, in _get_build_requires
    self.run_setup()
  File "C:\Users\myuserid\AppData\Local\uv\cache\builds-v0\.tmp8oeKOV\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 497, in run_setup
    super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
  File "C:\Users\myuserid\AppData\Local\uv\cache\builds-v0\.tmp8oeKOV\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 313, in run_setup
    exec(code, locals())
  File "<string>", line 20, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools.command.test'
---

[vinothsubramanian]

solved by installing with --no-build-isolation

Seems to be the workaround for now

[willwade]

+1 from me. this is stopping ci builds on 3.12,3.11

[suresh-at-straker]

similar issue for me.

Getting requirements to build wheel: started
Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'error'
...
...
Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
exit code: 1

[willwade]

I'm intrigued. why has this started overnight? Whats changed? (the workarounds arent working for me sadly)

[vinothsubramanian]

@willwade There is an release to setuptools published today. That seems to be the root cause of the issue.

[melvin806]

solved by installing with --no-build-isolation

Seems to be the workaround for now

but how did you apply the workaround onto the cicd pipeline? i cant build any new build images

[willwade]

solved by installing with --no-build-isolation

Seems to be the workaround for now

but how did you apply the workaround onto the cicd pipeline? i cant build any new build images

pypa/setuptools#4519 (comment)

[pyrooka]

Hi everyone! Thanks for all the feedback we are working on the fix. One thing that we can do is removing the test references from the setup.py file because - if I am correct - it's not used anymore. That should solve this issue. Give us a little time, we'll back soon!

[pyrooka]

FYI, the latest setuptools release which caused this issue has been yanked, so all builds should run fine without any changes. I still think we should remove the references to the deprecated code.
I leave this issue open for a while to make sure everything works fine, so feel free to leave a feedback here.

[bradhvr]

@pyrooka Thanks for the quick responses on this!

[pyrooka]

@bradhvr Of course! We are trying to support our users as much as possible. :)

[pyrooka]

A new release - which removes the deprecated code from the project - was published not too long ago: https://pypi.org/project/ibm-cloud-sdk-core/3.20.4/

I'm closing this issue now, but feel free to re-open it if needed!