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`setup-python` failing for 3.8 on `macos-latest`

Open abravalheri opened this issue 1 year ago • 8 comments

Description: The setup-python action fails when installing Python 3.8 on the macos-latest. Please note that the setup-python action is the second one to run, just after checkout.

https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/actions/runs/8982558570/job/24670435133?pr=4329#step:3:32

2024-05-07T08:58:00.5927920Z Current runner version: '2.316.1'
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5947060Z ##[group]Operating System
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5947530Z macOS
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5947810Z 14.4.1
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5948080Z 23E224
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5948370Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5948680Z ##[group]Runner Image
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5949020Z Image: macos-14-arm64
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5949360Z Version: 20240422.3
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5950120Z Included Software: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/macos-14-arm64/20240422.3/images/macos/macos-14-arm64-Readme.md
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5951200Z Image Release: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/releases/tag/macos-14-arm64%2F20240422.3
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5951860Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5952180Z ##[group]Runner Image Provisioner
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5952640Z 2.0.369.1+55cddbb57f254a369b6e7b3b508cebdbee5d24be
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5953080Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5953760Z ##[group]GITHUB_TOKEN Permissions
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5954710Z Contents: read
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5955040Z Metadata: read
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5955360Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5957230Z Secret source: None
2024-05-07T08:58:00.5957630Z Prepare workflow directory
2024-05-07T08:58:00.6611680Z Prepare all required actions
2024-05-07T08:58:00.6719890Z Getting action download info
2024-05-07T08:58:00.9287680Z Download action repository 'actions/checkout@v4' (SHA:0ad4b8fadaa221de15dcec353f45205ec38ea70b)
2024-05-07T08:58:01.9736320Z Download action repository 'actions/setup-python@v5' (SHA:82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d)
2024-05-07T08:58:02.7188310Z Download action repository 'actions/cache@v4' (SHA:0c45773b623bea8c8e75f6c82b208c3cf94ea4f9)
2024-05-07T08:58:02.8972610Z Download action repository 'codecov/codecov-action@v4' (SHA:5ecb98a3c6b747ed38dc09f787459979aebb39be)
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6311820Z Complete job name: test (3.8, macos-latest)
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6813150Z ##[group]Run actions/checkout@v4
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6813780Z with:
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6813990Z   repository: pypa/setuptools
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6814510Z   token: ***
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6814820Z   ssh-strict: true
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6815000Z   ssh-user: git
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6815180Z   persist-credentials: true
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6815400Z   clean: true
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6815590Z   sparse-checkout-cone-mode: true
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6815830Z   fetch-depth: 1
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6816020Z   fetch-tags: false
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6816210Z   show-progress: true
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6816400Z   lfs: false
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6816560Z   submodules: false
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6816750Z   set-safe-directory: true
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6816950Z env:
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6817100Z   FORCE_COLOR: 1
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6817300Z   PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK: true
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6817560Z   PIP_NO_PYTHON_VERSION_WARNING: true
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6817850Z   PIP_NO_WARN_SCRIPT_LOCATION: true
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6818150Z   TOX_OVERRIDE: testenv.pass_env+=GITHUB_*,FORCE_COLOR
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6818460Z   SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS: local
2024-05-07T08:58:03.6818690Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:03.9887890Z Syncing repository: pypa/setuptools
2024-05-07T08:58:03.9889020Z ##[group]Getting Git version info
2024-05-07T08:58:03.9889550Z Working directory is '/Users/runner/work/setuptools/setuptools'
2024-05-07T08:58:03.9890110Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git version
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0649330Z git version 2.44.0
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0670900Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0681910Z Copying '/Users/runner/.gitconfig' to '/Users/runner/work/_temp/27009028-ce15-4b2c-a6ca-57d99f366c54/.gitconfig'
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0684330Z Temporarily overriding HOME='/Users/runner/work/_temp/27009028-ce15-4b2c-a6ca-57d99f366c54' before making global git config changes
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0685160Z Adding repository directory to the temporary git global config as a safe directory
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0686530Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git config --global --add safe.directory /Users/runner/work/setuptools/setuptools
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0766090Z Deleting the contents of '/Users/runner/work/setuptools/setuptools'
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0768780Z ##[group]Initializing the repository
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0770910Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git init /Users/runner/work/setuptools/setuptools
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0909040Z hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0909980Z hint: is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0910910Z hint: of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0928970Z hint: 
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0929630Z hint: 	git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0929960Z hint: 
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0930310Z hint: Names commonly chosen instead of 'master' are 'main', 'trunk' and
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0930870Z hint: 'development'. The just-created branch can be renamed via this command:
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0931240Z hint: 
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0931440Z hint: 	git branch -m <name>
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0931830Z Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/runner/work/setuptools/setuptools/.git/
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0932940Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git remote add origin https://github.com/pypa/setuptools
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0970120Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0970580Z ##[group]Disabling automatic garbage collection
2024-05-07T08:58:04.0972640Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git config --local gc.auto 0
2024-05-07T08:58:04.1015260Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:04.1015650Z ##[group]Setting up auth
2024-05-07T08:58:04.1018940Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp core\.sshCommand
2024-05-07T08:58:04.1058900Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'core\.sshCommand' && git config --local --unset-all 'core.sshCommand' || :"
2024-05-07T08:58:04.1996770Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader
2024-05-07T08:58:04.2064390Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader' && git config --local --unset-all 'http.https://github.com/.extraheader' || :"
2024-05-07T08:58:04.3872980Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git config --local http.https://github.com/.extraheader AUTHORIZATION: basic ***
2024-05-07T08:58:04.3999260Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:04.3999800Z ##[group]Fetching the repository
2024-05-07T08:58:04.4004320Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --no-tags --prune --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin +fa1e098721c4cd275bd1590b9ba0599a0f306fe9:refs/remotes/pull/4329/merge
2024-05-07T08:58:05.1801360Z From https://github.com/pypa/setuptools
2024-05-07T08:58:05.1802120Z  * [new ref]         fa1e098721c4cd275bd1590b9ba0599a0f306fe9 -> pull/4329/merge
2024-05-07T08:58:05.1850030Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:05.1850420Z ##[group]Determining the checkout info
2024-05-07T08:58:05.1850820Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:05.1853370Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git sparse-checkout disable
2024-05-07T08:58:05.1902650Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git config --local --unset-all extensions.worktreeConfig
2024-05-07T08:58:05.1941410Z ##[group]Checking out the ref
2024-05-07T08:58:05.1943470Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git checkout --progress --force refs/remotes/pull/4329/merge
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3181550Z HEAD is now at fa1e098 Merge b1ef0c9c3f46eb458de87e0910fcd1c86663308b into dcfc833101a43dfa0621618fb04be0eee73e72c7
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3190790Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3245370Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git log -1 --format='%H'
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3283820Z 'fa1e098721c4cd275bd1590b9ba0599a0f306fe9'
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3478190Z ##[group]Run actions/setup-python@v5
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3478490Z with:
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3478660Z   python-version: 3.8
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3478870Z   allow-prereleases: true
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3479090Z   check-latest: false
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3479380Z   token: ***
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3479560Z   update-environment: true
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3479970Z env:
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3480110Z   FORCE_COLOR: 1
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3480310Z   PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK: true
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3480570Z   PIP_NO_PYTHON_VERSION_WARNING: true
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3480820Z   PIP_NO_WARN_SCRIPT_LOCATION: true
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3481110Z   TOX_OVERRIDE: testenv.pass_env+=GITHUB_*,FORCE_COLOR
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3481400Z   SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS: local
2024-05-07T08:58:05.3481620Z ##[endgroup]
2024-05-07T08:58:05.4771080Z ##[group]Installed versions
2024-05-07T08:58:05.4809420Z Version ~3.8.0-0 was not found in the local cache
2024-05-07T08:58:06.2011650Z Version ~3.8.0-0 is available for downloading
2024-05-07T08:58:06.2012690Z Download from "https://github.com/actions/python-versions/releases/download/3.8.10-8879978422/python-3.8.10-darwin-arm64.tar.gz"
2024-05-07T08:58:07.2044120Z Extract downloaded archive
2024-05-07T08:58:07.2457640Z [command]/usr/bin/tar xz -C /Users/runner/work/_temp/69157ce9-92c4-4876-9516-111248db9fb9 -f /Users/runner/work/_temp/c3e23104-fdaa-42df-80e2-41ea21b3d7ce
2024-05-07T08:58:07.3063570Z Execute installation script
2024-05-07T08:58:07.3366940Z Check if Python hostedtoolcache folder exist...
2024-05-07T08:58:07.3468920Z Install Python binaries from prebuilt package
2024-05-07T08:58:32.8717770Z installer: Package name is Python
2024-05-07T08:58:32.8718440Z installer: Upgrading at base path /
2024-05-07T08:58:32.8718880Z installer: The upgrade was successful.
2024-05-07T08:58:32.8761300Z Create hostedtoolcach symlinks (Required for the backward compatibility)
2024-05-07T08:58:32.8764210Z Create Python 3.8.10 folder
2024-05-07T08:58:32.8887760Z Create additional symlinks (Required for the UsePythonVersion Azure Pipelines task and the setup-python GitHub Action)
2024-05-07T08:58:32.9016350Z Upgrading pip...
2024-05-07T08:58:33.1179460Z ##[error]Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 6, in <module>
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 203, in run_module
    mod_name, mod_spec, code = _get_module_details(mod_name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 130, in _get_module_details
    spec = importlib.util.find_spec(mod_name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/importlib/util.py", line 103, in find_spec
    return _find_spec(fullname, parent_path)
  File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 914, in _find_spec
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_distutils_hack/__init__.py", line 79, in find_spec
    return method()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_distutils_hack/__init__.py", line 100, in spec_for_pip
    if self.pip_imported_during_build():
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_distutils_hack/__init__.py", line 111, in pip_imported_during_build
    return any(
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/_distutils_hack/__init__.py", line 112, in <genexpr>
    frame.f_globals['__file__'].endswith('setup.py')
KeyError: '__file__'
2024-05-07T08:58:33.1221800Z ##[error]Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main
    return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/ensurepip/__main__.py", line 5, in <module>
    sys.exit(ensurepip._main())
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/ensurepip/__init__.py", line 206, in _main
    return _bootstrap(
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/ensurepip/__init__.py", line 125, in _bootstrap
    return _run_pip(args + [p[0] for p in _PROJECTS], additional_paths)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/ensurepip/__init__.py", line 34, in _run_pip
    return subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-c", code], check=True).returncode
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/lib/python3.8/subprocess.py", line 516, in run
    raise CalledProcessError(retcode, process.args,
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command '['/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python', '-c', '\nimport runpy\nimport sys\nsys.path = [\'/var/folders/3m/p59k4qdj0f17st0gn2cmj3640000gn/T/tmpzqwpe00u/setuptools-56.0.0-py3-none-any.whl\', \'/var/folders/3m/p59k4qdj0f17st0gn2cmj3640000gn/T/tmpzqwpe00u/pip-21.1.1-py3-none-any.whl\'] + sys.path\nsys.argv[1:] = [\'install\', \'--no-cache-dir\', \'--no-index\', \'--find-links\', \'/var/folders/3m/p59k4qdj0f17st0gn2cmj3640000gn/T/tmpzqwpe00u\', \'setuptools\', \'pip\']\nrunpy.run_module("pip", run_name="__main__", alter_sys=True)\n']' returned non-zero exit status 1.
2024-05-07T08:58:33.1249000Z ##[error]The process '/bin/bash' failed with exit code 1
2024-05-07T08:58:33.1492280Z Post job cleanup.
2024-05-07T08:58:33.3180890Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git version
2024-05-07T08:58:33.3366480Z git version 2.44.0
2024-05-07T08:58:33.3424610Z Copying '/Users/runner/.gitconfig' to '/Users/runner/work/_temp/574425e4-74c3-4854-83ba-455f0f2d89e0/.gitconfig'
2024-05-07T08:58:33.3456380Z Temporarily overriding HOME='/Users/runner/work/_temp/574425e4-74c3-4854-83ba-455f0f2d89e0' before making global git config changes
2024-05-07T08:58:33.3464760Z Adding repository directory to the temporary git global config as a safe directory
2024-05-07T08:58:33.3468250Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git config --global --add safe.directory /Users/runner/work/setuptools/setuptools
2024-05-07T08:58:33.3636490Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp core\.sshCommand
2024-05-07T08:58:33.3686400Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'core\.sshCommand' && git config --local --unset-all 'core.sshCommand' || :"
2024-05-07T08:58:33.5257740Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git config --local --name-only --get-regexp http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader
2024-05-07T08:58:33.5311420Z http.https://github.com/.extraheader
2024-05-07T08:58:33.5333980Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git config --local --unset-all http.https://github.com/.extraheader
2024-05-07T08:58:33.5397880Z [command]/opt/homebrew/bin/git submodule foreach --recursive sh -c "git config --local --name-only --get-regexp 'http\.https\:\/\/github\.com\/\.extraheader' && git config --local --unset-all 'http.https://github.com/.extraheader' || :"
2024-05-07T08:58:33.6496930Z Cleaning up orphan processes

Action version:

actions/setup-python@v5 - https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/actions/runs/8982558570/workflow?pr=4329#L73

Platform:

  • [ ] Ubuntu
  • [x] macOS
  • [ ] Windows

Runner type:

  • [x] Hosted
  • [ ] Self-hosted

Tools version:

Python 3.8

Repro steps:
A description with steps to reproduce the issue. If your have a public example or repo to share, please provide the link.

https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/actions/runs/8982558570/job/24670435133?pr=4329#step:3:32

Expected behavior:

The setup-python action should successfully install Python 3.8 on macos-latest independently of the contents of the repository where the action is running.

Actual behavior:

The setup-python action fails to install Python 3.8 on macos-latest for the setuptools repository.

Please note that the issue is happening on the setuptools repository specifically, which may mean the following:

  • The setup-python can be affected by which folders and files are present on the current working directory when the action runs...
    • This can be problematic because people can have all sorts of files and directories in their repository and then they might affect how the action runs.
    • Possible solution: temporarily cd into /tmp before running the commands on setup-python? Or use some of the isolation flags when running Python scripts (e.g. -I)?

Also note that the suggestions in https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/850#issuecomment-2097496030 are not applicable. As far as I understand:

  1. Upgrading setuptools: The suggestion to install an updated version of setuptools before the step that is failing is not feasible. The step that is failing is the installation of Python itself. Therefore, it's not possible to update anything when Python is not installed yet[^1].

  2. Replacing setup.py with pyproject.toml: This suggestion also does not work and contains misleading and inaccurate information. The pyproject.toml is not more robust, it is just a different configuration format. Furthermore, setup.py, setup.cfg, and pyproject.toml are not mutually exclusive; they can all exist at the same time and serve different purposes. This is exactly the case in the repository experiencing the issue.

[^1]: Unless the users should always assume that the Python is pre-installed on the worker and how this affects the available actions. Please let me know if there is any documentation about this.

abravalheri avatar May 07 '24 09:05 abravalheri

Update: even if I invert the order between checkout and setup-python so that setup-python is the very first action to run, it still fails: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/4343.

abravalheri avatar May 07 '24 11:05 abravalheri

Hello @abravalheri, Thank you for creating this issue and we will look into it :)

aparnajyothi-y avatar May 07 '24 14:05 aparnajyothi-y

macos-latest was recently changed from macos-13 to macos-14. macos-13 was x86_64, while macos-14 is arm64.

This action fails on macos-latest from python 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10... but seems to be okay with python 3.11.

Run actions/setup-python@v5
  with:
    python-version: 3.10
    architecture: x64
    check-latest: false
    token: ***
    update-environment: true
    allow-prereleases: false
Installed versions
  Version 3.10 was not found in the local cache
  Version 3.10 is available for downloading
  Download from "https://github.com/actions/python-versions/releases/download/3.10.14-9004012336/python-3.10.14-darwin-x64.tar.gz"
  Extract downloaded archive
  /usr/bin/tar xz -C /Users/runner/work/_temp/d6bc2d46-6597-4924-9815-3d930552f60f -f /Users/runner/work/_temp/dae42830-86a3-4ec2-a5a4-02a135b36224
  Execute installation script
  Check if Python hostedtoolcache folder exist...
  Create Python 3.10.14 folder
  Copy Python binaries to hostedtoolcache folder
  Create additional symlinks (Required for the UsePythonVersion Azure Pipelines task and the setup-python GitHub Action)
  Upgrading pip...
  Error: dyld[8401]: Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib
    Referenced from: <09857011-94D0-3FBA-9F9D-9FCE0E7366FF> /Users/runner/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.
  Error: 10.14/x64/bin/python3.10
    Reason: tried: '/usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib' (no such file), '/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/OS/usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/local/opt/gettext/lib/libintl.8.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/local/lib/libintl.8.dylib' (no such file), '/usr/lib/libintl.8.dylib' (no such file, not in dyld cache)
  Error: ./setup.sh: line 53:  8401 Abort trap: 6           ./python -m ensurepip
  Error: The process '/bin/bash' failed with exit code 134

If you're relying on packages installed by homebrew or pre-installed to the runners, then the homebrew path is different on arm64 macs, verus the x86_64. The new path is /opt/homebrew instead of /usr/local.

ReenigneArcher avatar May 12 '24 02:05 ReenigneArcher

Hi @ReenigneArcher, thank you very much for having a look on this.

Yeah, I need this specifically on Python 3.8 (I did notice it work fine on 3.11).

If you're relying on packages installed by homebrew or pre-installed to the runners, then the homebrew path is different on arm64 macs, verus the x86_64. The new path is /opt/homebrew instead of /usr/local.

I don't think I am. Even when actions/setup-python@v5 is the very first step to be executed in the job, with no custom code before, it fails. I never get past actions/setup-python@v5 to have the chance to use pre-installed packages or packages installed by homebrew...

You can see more details and the workflow file in https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/pull/4343.

abravalheri avatar May 12 '24 02:05 abravalheri

I don't think I am.

Sorry, I didn't mean "you"... I meant the code within the action.

I'm also experiencing the same issue as you, but wanted to share some information based other issues I've noticed with the new arm64 runners. I don't think github vetted the change to macos-14 (arm64) very well before making it the latest. Ideally all the actions they maintain should have been compatible with new architecture out of the box.

ReenigneArcher avatar May 12 '24 02:05 ReenigneArcher

Hi @abravalheriđź‘‹, thank you for your report, The issue you're encountering may be related to compatibility problems between setuptools, pip, and the specific Python version (3.8.10). The problem is primarily related to the interaction between setuptools and the ensurepip module. The setup-python action triggers the installation process where this interaction causes the error. Specifically, the _distutils_hack in setuptools assumes every frame has a __file__ attribute.

Here are a couple of potential workarounds:

  • Set SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS to stdlib: This mitigates conflicts related to _distutils_hack and ensures the setup process completes successfully.

    env:
  SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS: stdlib

  • Switch to macOS-13 with Python 3.8: This appears to resolve the problem, likely because macOS-13 uses the x64 architecture with Python 3.8.18.

  • Set environment variable where needed: Set the SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS environment variable only for the steps that require it or after upgrading pip and setuptools, reducing the risk of affecting other parts of the workflow.

    - name: Upgrade pip and setuptools
   run: |
     python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools

- name: Set Environment Variable for Specific Step
   run: echo "SETUPTOOLS_USE_DISTUTILS=local" >> $GITHUB_ENV

Hope this helps :)

priyagupta108 avatar Jul 04 '24 05:07 priyagupta108

Hi @abravalheri, just giving you a gentle ping to see if there are any updates on your end regarding this issue? Thank you!

priyagupta108 avatar Jul 19 '24 12:07 priyagupta108

Hi @abravalheri, just checking in to see if there are any updates on this issue. Thank you!

priyagupta108 avatar Jul 26 '24 11:07 priyagupta108

Hello @abravalheri, Due to inactivity, I'm going to close this issue for now. Please feel free to reopen this issue or create a new one if necessary. Thank you.

priyagupta108 avatar Aug 07 '24 10:08 priyagupta108

Hi @priyagupta108, I believe that this problem started to appear again for 3.9 in macos-latest as you can see in https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/actions/runs/12298183072/job/34321035714#step:3:49

Please note that the assessment in https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/860#issuecomment-2208138657 "Specifically, the _distutils_hack in setuptools assumes every frame has a file attribute" is lacking context.

Indeed very old versions of setuptools used to assume that every frame has a __file__ attribute, but that has been long fixed (around 3 years ago: https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/commit/137ab9d684075f772c322f455b0dd1f992ddcd8f).

What seems to be happening is that the host for the action has a pre-installed very old version of setuptools that is no longer supported, before trying to run ensurepip.

Ideally the action should either uninstall this old version of setuptools before going ahead and running ensurepip or update it to a most up to date version of setuptools.

There is not much else to be done in setuptools given that the bug was already fixed many years ago, so the only action space here seems to reside in the action.

@priyagupta108 could you please re-open this issue?

abravalheri avatar Dec 12 '24 15:12 abravalheri

I submitted the issue again in https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/981.

abravalheri avatar Dec 12 '24 15:12 abravalheri