kivy / kivy/python-for-android
ENHACEMENT: warn about potential patch apply errors when package version requested don't match recipe
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Description
User can specify package version with --requirements option:
`p4a apk --requirements=python3,pillow==7.1`
Then p4a will download specified version instead of the one defined in the Pillow recipe. This recipe has patches to apply, and p4a will fail trying to do so because patch almost always strictly requires the exact input files of the particular package version - the package version which is specified in the recipe itself:
```
self.handle_command_exit_code(exit_code)
File "/home/u1/.local/share/pipx/venvs/python-for-android/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/sh.py", line 821, in handle_command_exit_code
raise exc
sh.ErrorReturnCode_1:
RAN: /usr/bin/patch -t -d /home/u1/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/Pillow/armeabi-v7a__ndk_target_24/Pillow -p1 -i /home/u1/.local/share/pipx/venvs/python-for-android/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pythonforandroid/recipes/Pillow/setup.py.patch
STDOUT:
patching file setup.py
Hunk #1 FAILED at 39.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 156 with fuzz 1 (offset 6 lines).
Hunk #3 FAILED at 461.
Hunk #4 succeeded at 400 with fuzz 2 (offset -96 lines).
Hunk #5 FAILED at 507.
Hunk #6 succeeded at 500 (offset -107 lines).
3 out of 6 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file setup.py.rej
```
Suggestion: warn user clearly that the package version he requested does not match the recipe version, and the patch is likely to fail.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at the `p4a apk --requirements` entry point and trace how a requested package version is compared with the Pillow recipe version before `setup.py.patch` is applied. Reproduce the mismatch with `pillow==7.1`, then verify that the command clearly warns users when a recipe patch may fail because the requested version differs.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100