2054827 – latest RHEL7 python-virtualenv update has updated a dependency from python-setuptools to python2-setuptools, which breaks with OpenShift channel installed

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Bug 2054827 - latest RHEL7 python-virtualenv update has updated a dependency from python-setuptools to python2-setuptools, which breaks with OpenShift channel installed

Summary: latest RHEL7 python-virtualenv update has updated a dependency from python-se...

Keywords:
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA
Alias:	None
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	python-virtualenv
Sub Component:
Version:	7.9
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Priority:	unspecified
Severity:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assignee:	Charalampos Stratakis
QA Contact:	Lukáš Zachar
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Blocks:
TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2022-02-15 19:16 UTC by Don Hoover
Modified:	2022-04-05 17:15 UTC (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)
Fixed In Version:	python-virtualenv-15.1.0-6.el7_9
Doc Type:	No Doc Update
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Last Closed:	2022-04-05 17:15:51 UTC
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System	ID	Private	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Issue Tracker	RHELPLAN-112391	0	None	None	None	2022-02-15 19:21:39 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2022:1197	0	None	None	None	2022-04-05 17:15:53 UTC

Description Don Hoover 2022-02-15 19:16:42 UTC

Description of problem:
The latest version of the python-virtualenv wants python2-setuptools as a dependency which does not exist in RHEL7.

The previous version of the rpm python-virtualenv-15.1.0-4.el7_8 had no dependencies.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pyhon-virtualenv 15.1.0-5.el7_9

How reproducible:
yum install python-virtualenv 15.1.0-5.el7_9 or yum update from 15.1.0-4


Additional info:

The CentOS team already suggests removing this version and installing 15.1.0-4 instead.

Comment 3 Miro Hrončok 2022-02-15 22:32:26 UTC

I have just verified that "python2-setuptools" is provided by the python-setuptools package.

How does this problem manifest for you?


This is CentOS Linux 7.9:


$ podman run --rm -ti quay.io/centos/centos:7 /usr/bin/bash
...
[root@bb0c76fcfc9d /]# yum install python-virtualenv
...
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package python-virtualenv.noarch 0:15.1.0-5.el7_9 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: python2-setuptools for package: python-virtualenv-15.1.0-5.el7_9.noarch
--> Processing Dependency: python2-devel for package: python-virtualenv-15.1.0-5.el7_9.noarch
--> Running transaction check
---> Package python-devel.x86_64 0:2.7.5-90.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: python(x86-64) = 2.7.5-90.el7 for package: python-devel-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: python2-rpm-macros > 3-30 for package: python-devel-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64
--> Processing Dependency: python-rpm-macros > 3-30 for package: python-devel-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64
---> Package python-setuptools.noarch 0:0.9.8-7.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: python-backports-ssl_match_hostname for package: python-setuptools-0.9.8-7.el7.noarch
--> Running transaction check
---> Package python.x86_64 0:2.7.5-89.el7 will be updated
---> Package python.x86_64 0:2.7.5-90.el7 will be an update
--> Processing Dependency: python-libs(x86-64) = 2.7.5-90.el7 for package: python-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64
---> Package python-backports-ssl_match_hostname.noarch 0:3.5.0.1-1.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: python-ipaddress for package: python-backports-ssl_match_hostname-3.5.0.1-1.el7.noarch
--> Processing Dependency: python-backports for package: python-backports-ssl_match_hostname-3.5.0.1-1.el7.noarch
---> Package python-rpm-macros.noarch 0:3-34.el7 will be installed
--> Processing Dependency: python-srpm-macros for package: python-rpm-macros-3-34.el7.noarch
---> Package python2-rpm-macros.noarch 0:3-34.el7 will be installed
--> Running transaction check
---> Package python-backports.x86_64 0:1.0-8.el7 will be installed
---> Package python-ipaddress.noarch 0:1.0.16-2.el7 will be installed
---> Package python-libs.x86_64 0:2.7.5-89.el7 will be updated
---> Package python-libs.x86_64 0:2.7.5-90.el7 will be an update
---> Package python-srpm-macros.noarch 0:3-34.el7 will be installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution

Dependencies Resolved

================================================================================
 Package                              Arch    Version            Repository
                                                                           Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 python-virtualenv                    noarch  15.1.0-5.el7_9     updates  1.5 M
Installing for dependencies:
 python-backports                     x86_64  1.0-8.el7          base     5.8 k
 python-backports-ssl_match_hostname  noarch  3.5.0.1-1.el7      base      13 k
 python-devel                         x86_64  2.7.5-90.el7       updates  399 k
 python-ipaddress                     noarch  1.0.16-2.el7       base      34 k
 python-rpm-macros                    noarch  3-34.el7           base     9.1 k
 python-setuptools                    noarch  0.9.8-7.el7        base     397 k
 python-srpm-macros                   noarch  3-34.el7           base     8.8 k
 python2-rpm-macros                   noarch  3-34.el7           base     8.1 k
Updating for dependencies:
 python                               x86_64  2.7.5-90.el7       updates   96 k
 python-libs                          x86_64  2.7.5-90.el7       updates  5.6 M

Transaction Summary
================================================================================
Install  1 Package  (+8 Dependent packages)
Upgrade             ( 2 Dependent packages)

Total download size: 8.1 M
Is this ok [y/d/N]: y
Downloading packages:
...
(1/11): python-backports-1.0-8.el7.x86_64.rpm              | 5.8 kB   00:00     
(2/11): python-backports-ssl_match_hostname-3.5.0.1-1.el7. |  13 kB   00:00     
(3/11): python-rpm-macros-3-34.el7.noarch.rpm              | 9.1 kB   00:00     
(4/11): python-ipaddress-1.0.16-2.el7.noarch.rpm           |  34 kB   00:00     
Public key for python-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64.rpm is not installed
(5/11): python-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64.rpm                     |  96 kB   00:00     
(6/11): python-srpm-macros-3-34.el7.noarch.rpm             | 8.8 kB   00:00     
(7/11): python2-rpm-macros-3-34.el7.noarch.rpm             | 8.1 kB   00:00     
(8/11): python-devel-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64.rpm               | 399 kB   00:00     
(9/11): python-setuptools-0.9.8-7.el7.noarch.rpm           | 397 kB   00:00     
(10/11): python-virtualenv-15.1.0-5.el7_9.noarch.rpm       | 1.5 MB   00:01     
(11/11): python-libs-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64.rpm               | 5.6 MB   00:02     
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total                                              2.7 MB/s | 8.1 MB  00:02     
...
Running transaction
  Updating   : python-libs-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64                             1/13 
  Updating   : python-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64                                  2/13 
  Installing : python-backports-1.0-8.el7.x86_64                           3/13 
  Installing : python-ipaddress-1.0.16-2.el7.noarch                        4/13 
  Installing : python-backports-ssl_match_hostname-3.5.0.1-1.el7.noarch    5/13 
  Installing : python-setuptools-0.9.8-7.el7.noarch                        6/13 
  Installing : python-srpm-macros-3-34.el7.noarch                          7/13 
  Installing : python-rpm-macros-3-34.el7.noarch                           8/13 
  Installing : python2-rpm-macros-3-34.el7.noarch                          9/13 
  Installing : python-devel-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64                           10/13 
  Installing : python-virtualenv-15.1.0-5.el7_9.noarch                    11/13 
  Cleanup    : python-2.7.5-89.el7.x86_64                                 12/13 
  Cleanup    : python-libs-2.7.5-89.el7.x86_64                            13/13 
  Verifying  : python-virtualenv-15.1.0-5.el7_9.noarch                     1/13 
  Verifying  : python2-rpm-macros-3-34.el7.noarch                          2/13 
  Verifying  : python-setuptools-0.9.8-7.el7.noarch                        3/13 
  Verifying  : python-backports-ssl_match_hostname-3.5.0.1-1.el7.noarch    4/13 
  Verifying  : python-devel-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64                            5/13 
  Verifying  : python-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64                                  6/13 
  Verifying  : python-backports-1.0-8.el7.x86_64                           7/13 
  Verifying  : python-rpm-macros-3-34.el7.noarch                           8/13 
  Verifying  : python-ipaddress-1.0.16-2.el7.noarch                        9/13 
  Verifying  : python-srpm-macros-3-34.el7.noarch                         10/13 
  Verifying  : python-libs-2.7.5-90.el7.x86_64                            11/13 
  Verifying  : python-libs-2.7.5-89.el7.x86_64                            12/13 
  Verifying  : python-2.7.5-89.el7.x86_64                                 13/13 

Installed:
  python-virtualenv.noarch 0:15.1.0-5.el7_9                                     

Dependency Installed:
  python-backports.x86_64 0:1.0-8.el7                                           
  python-backports-ssl_match_hostname.noarch 0:3.5.0.1-1.el7                    
  python-devel.x86_64 0:2.7.5-90.el7                                            
  python-ipaddress.noarch 0:1.0.16-2.el7                                        
  python-rpm-macros.noarch 0:3-34.el7                                           
  python-setuptools.noarch 0:0.9.8-7.el7                                        
  python-srpm-macros.noarch 0:3-34.el7                                          
  python2-rpm-macros.noarch 0:3-34.el7                                          

Dependency Updated:
  python.x86_64 0:2.7.5-90.el7         python-libs.x86_64 0:2.7.5-90.el7        

Complete!

Comment 4 Charalampos Stratakis 2022-02-16 12:23:57 UTC

Is setuptools updated? Which version does the system have? The setuptools package provides the python2-setuptools namespace since the version 0.9.8-6. Spinning a RHEL7 VM and with installing the latest python-virtualenv I get no dependency issues.

$ rpm -qa python-setuptools
python-setuptools-0.9.8-7.el7.noarch
$ rpm -q --provides python-setuptools
python-distribute = 0.9.8-7.el7
python-setuptools = 0.9.8-7.el7
python-setuptools-devel = 0.9.8-7.el7
python2-setuptools = 0.9.8-7.el7

Comment 5 Don Hoover 2022-02-16 14:23:51 UTC

Ok, this was a weird one but I figured it out I think.   These systems had python-setuptools from the OpenShift channel installed python-setuptools.noarch                                                         17.1.1-4.el7. 

This has both a known issue where it does not provide python2-setuptools, see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1721558e, AND it is versioned HIGHER than the python-setuptools in RHEL 0.9.8-7.el7 in the rhel-7-server-rpms channel, so the RHEL one will never be able to replace it for updates or requirements.


Doing: yum downgrade python-setuptools which installs the 0.9.8-7 from RHEL first, and then updating the python-virtualenv works.

Comment 6 Don Hoover 2022-02-16 14:27:25 UTC

Referenced above:

Bug 1721558 - python-setuptools-17.1.1-4.el7 of OCP 3.10 repos does not provide python2-setuptools 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1721558

Comment 7 Miro Hrončok 2022-02-16 17:41:11 UTC

I honestly don't know why OpenShift channel ships a different setuptools package. I guess we can change the dependency back to python-setuptools to workaround that, but I don't know if we can do that in RHEL 7.

Comment 8 Charalampos Stratakis 2022-02-23 14:09:40 UTC

PR: https://src.osci.redhat.com/rpms/python-virtualenv/pull-request/14

Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2022-04-05 17:15:51 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (python-virtualenv bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2022:1197

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