[PATCH v2] tools: patman: fix `pip install` with Python 3.12

[Simon Glass]

On Mon, 1 Jul 2024 at 18:51, Brandon Maier <brandon.maier at collins.com> wrote:
>
> Installing patman with `cd ./tools/patman && pip install -e .` fails
> with the error below.
>
> As described in the error output below, the license line is not allowed
> to be only defined in the setup.py. We remove the 'license' field
> entirely, as the Python Packaging User Guide recommends using projects
> classifiers instead[1] and we already set the GPL-2.0+ classifier.
>
> > $ cd ./tools/patman && pip install -e .
> > Obtaining file:///.../u-boot/tools/patman
> >   Installing build dependencies ... done
> >   Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done
> >   Getting requirements to build editable ... error
> >   error: subprocess-exited-with-error
> >
> >   × Getting requirements to build editable did not run successfully.
> >   │ exit code: 1
> >   ╰─> [61 lines of output]
> >       /tmp/pip-build-env-mqjvnmz8/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/config/_apply_pyprojecttoml.py:76:
> >           _MissingDynamic: `license` defined outside of `pyproject.toml` is ignored.
> >       !!
> >
> >       ********************************************************************************
> >       The following seems to be defined outside of `pyproject.toml`:
> >
> >       `license = 'GPL-2.0+'`
> >
> >       According to the spec (see the link below), however, setuptools CANNOT
> >       consider this value unless `license` is listed as `dynamic`.
> >
> >       https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/pyproject-toml/#declaring-project-metadata-the-project-table
> >
> >       To prevent this problem, you can list `license` under `dynamic` or alternatively
> >       remove the `[project]` table from your file and rely entirely on other means of
> >       configuration.
> >       ********************************************************************************
> >
> >       !!
>
> [1] https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license
>
> Signed-off-by: Brandon Maier <brandon.maier at collins.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - drop the license in favor of license classifiers
> ---
>  tools/patman/setup.py | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>

Thanks