@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
# later. See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
import argparse
+from importlib.util import find_spec
import logging
import os
from pathlib import Path
@@ -76,6 +77,10 @@ class QemuEnvBuilder(venv.EnvBuilder):
def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
logger.debug("QemuEnvBuilder.__init__(...)")
+
+ if kwargs["with_pip"]:
+ check_ensurepip()
+
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
# Make the context available post-creation:
@@ -98,6 +103,38 @@ def get_value(self, field: str) -> str:
return ret
+def check_ensurepip() -> None:
+ """
+ Check that we have ensurepip.
+
+ Raise a fatal exception with a helpful hint if it isn't available.
+ """
+ if not find_spec("ensurepip"):
+ msg = (
+ "Python's ensurepip module is not found.\n"
+ "It's normally part of the Python standard library, "
+ "maybe your distribution packages it separately?\n"
+ "Either install ensurepip, or alleviate the need for it in the "
+ "first place by installing pip and setuptools for "
+ f"'{sys.executable}'.\n"
+ "(Hint: Debian puts ensurepip in its python3-venv package.)"
+ )
+ raise Ouch(msg)
+
+ # ensurepip uses pyexpat, which can also go missing on us:
+ if not find_spec("pyexpat"):
+ msg = (
+ "Python's pyexpat module is not found.\n"
+ "It's normally part of the Python standard library, "
+ "maybe your distribution packages it separately?\n"
+ "Either install pyexpat, or alleviate the need for it in the "
+ "first place by installing pip and setuptools for "
+ f"'{sys.executable}'.\n\n"
+ "(Hint: NetBSD's pkgsrc debundles this to e.g. 'py310-expat'.)"
+ )
+ raise Ouch(msg)
+
+
def make_venv( # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
env_dir: Union[str, Path],
system_site_packages: bool = False,