[PATCH] tools/make_pip: Use virtualenv when invoking pip

[Mattijs Korpershoek]

Hi Tom,

On mar., avril 15, 2025 at 11:59, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 09:46:34AM +0200, Mattijs Korpershoek wrote:
>
>> Recent Ubuntu versions (24.04+) disallow pip by default when
>> installing packages. The recommended approach is to use a virtualenv
>> instead.
>> Because of this, "make pip" is failing on such versions.
>> 
>> To prepare CI container migration to Ubuntu 24.04, use a virtualenv
>> in the make_pip script.
>> 
>> Note: This has been reported on [1]
>> 
>> [1] https://source.denx.de/u-boot/custodians/u-boot-dm/-/issues/37
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek at kernel.org>
>> Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
>> ---
>> This has been tested in docker on ubuntu:24.04 after running:
>> $ apt install python3 python3-virtualenv
>> 
>> with:
>> $ ./scripts/make_pip.sh u_boot_pylib "-n"
>> 
>> And shows:
>> Successfully built u_boot_pylib-0.0.6.tar.gz and u_boot_pylib-0.0.6-py3-none-any.whl
>> 
>> Also tested with "$ make pip".
>> ---
>>  scripts/make_pip.sh | 6 ++++++
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> So, this ends up failing with Ubuntu 22.04 thusly:
> https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/jobs/1103567

Argh, sorry I did not test that.

>
> And in short, I think your original plan to use venv not virtualenv is
> correct, sorry for the noise. I'll post something to install
> python3-venv to our container shortly and switch to venv not virtualenv
> as that seems to be the long term best answer.

Ok, will send a v2 to use venv instead.

>
> -- 
> Tom