Andreas Enge <andr...@enge.fr> writes: > I came across this: > https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipfile.html#zipfile-objects > So apparently when creating a zipfile object (this is the constructor > we are looking at, right?), one can pass a parameter that tells it to > not bother about time stamps of old files. > > Then it is a matter of finding out where it happens. I think it is > line 450 of (in my case) > /gnu/store/dy3xh053ahkhrp2jamggq8cpsyvp8mg0-python-3.10.7/lib/python3.10/site-packages/setuptools/command/bdist_egg.py > which reads > z = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, mode, compression=compression) > Maybe we should patch our Python so that it becomes > z = zipfile.ZipFile(zip_filename, mode, compression=compression, > strict_timestamps=False) > ? > (not before the core-updates merge, however)
Thanks for digging into this. Maybe it makes sense to patch bdist_egg.py in setuptools, then, rather than chase down every failed build? > But is a bit surprising that it does not happen all the time; > or are only a few packages calling bdist_egg.py? I don't know. According to https://www.python101.pythonlibrary.org/chapter38_eggs.html it's an older format, which has been superseded by ‘wheel’. I know I see wheel a fair amount, but I'm not much of a Python hacker. -bjc
