Unable to build xmlsec version 1.3.15

[Shiva106]

We are trying to build xmlsec using this command python3 setup.py install bdist --format=tar
we are getting following error

  File "/root/xml_1.3.15/python-xmlsec-1.3.15/setup.py", line 597, in <module>
    setup(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 117, in setup
    return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup
    _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 323, in __init__
    _Distribution.__init__(self, dist_attrs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 309, in __init__
    self.finalize_options()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 786, in finalize_options
    ep(self)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 806, in _finalize_setup_keywords
    ep.load()(self, ep.name, value)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools_scm/_integration/setuptools.py", line 103, in version_keyword
    _assign_version(dist, config)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools_scm/_integration/setuptools.py", line 58, in _assign_version
    _version_missing(config)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools_scm/_get_version_impl.py", line 117, in _version_missing
    raise LookupError(
LookupError: setuptools-scm was unable to detect version for /root/xml_1.3.15/python-xmlsec-1.3.15.

Following are the steps we used to build the xmlsec

1. wget https://github.com/xmlsec/python-xmlsec/archive/refs/tags/1.3.15.tar.gz
2. tar -xvf 1.3.15.tar.gz
3. cd python-xmlsec-1.3.15/
4. python3 setup.py install bdist --format=tar

Following are the output which we got

!!

        ********************************************************************************
        Requirements should be satisfied by a PEP 517 installer.
        If you are using pip, you can try `pip install --use-pep517`.
        ********************************************************************************

!!
  dist.fetch_build_eggs(dist.setup_requires)
[04/04/25 06:02:46] WARNING  toml section missing 'pyproject.toml does not contain a                   pyproject_reading.py:42
                             tool.setuptools_scm section'
                             Traceback (most recent call last):
                               File
                             "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools_scm/_integration/pypr
                             oject_reading.py", line 36, in read_pyproject
                                 section = defn.get("tool", {})[tool_name]
                                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
                             KeyError: 'setuptools_scm'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/xml_1.3.15/python-xmlsec-1.3.15/setup.py", line 597, in <module>
    setup(
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 117, in setup
    return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup
    _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 323, in __init__
    _Distribution.__init__(self, dist_attrs)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 309, in __init__
    self.finalize_options()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 786, in finalize_options
    ep(self)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 806, in _finalize_setup_keywords
    ep.load()(self, ep.name, value)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools_scm/_integration/setuptools.py", line 103, in version_keyword
    _assign_version(dist, config)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools_scm/_integration/setuptools.py", line 58, in _assign_version
    _version_missing(config)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/setuptools_scm/_get_version_impl.py", line 117, in _version_missing
    raise LookupError(
LookupError: setuptools-scm was unable to detect version for /root/xml_1.3.15/python-xmlsec-1.3.15.

Make sure you're either building from a fully intact git repository or PyPI tarballs. Most other sources (such as GitHub's tarballs, a git checkout without the .git folder) don't contain the necessary metadata and will not work.

For example, if you're using pip, instead of https://github.com/user/proj/archive/master.zip use git+https://github.com/user/proj.git#egg=proj

Alternatively, set the version with the environment variable SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION_FOR_${NORMALIZED_DIST_NAME} as described in https://setuptools-scm.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.

NOTE : Above steps were working fine with Master branch when we clone the repo.

Build Machine Details :
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="12"
VERSION="12 (bookworm)"
VERSION_CODENAME=bookworm
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

When can we expect fixed version in 1.3.15 or when will the 1.3.16 tar will be released ?

[TomiBelan]

Instead of downloading the tarball from archive/refs/tags/, a) use another tool (pip, uv, ...) to install xmlsec==1.3.15 and let it handle the whole build process, or b) clone this repo with git and checkout the tag you want, or c) download the sdist (tar.gz file) from https://pypi.org/project/xmlsec/, or d) wait for #353.

[mxamin]

The new release is out which include wheels for common platforms. I guess that should solve this issue for you. Remember that the new version 1.3.16 is only compatible with lxml 6.0.0.

[nijel]

The similar error now happened now when installing from pip:

   × Failed to build `xmlsec==1.3.16`
  ├─▶ The build backend returned an error
  ╰─▶ Call to `setuptools.build_meta:__legacy__.build_wheel` failed (exit
      status: 1)

      [stderr]
      toml section missing 'pyproject.toml does not contain a
      tool.setuptools_scm section'
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools_scm/_integration/pyproject_reading.py",
      line 71, in read_pyproject
          section = defn.get("tool", {})[tool_name]
                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
      KeyError: 'setuptools_scm'
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "<string>", line 11, in <module>
          wheel_filename =
      backend.build_wheel("/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmpMTGrp1",
      {}, None)
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py",
      line 432, in build_wheel
          return _build(['bdist_wheel'])
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py",
      line 423, in _build
          return self._build_with_temp_dir(
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
              cmd,
              ^^^^
          ...<3 lines>...
              self._arbitrary_args(config_settings),
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          )
          ^
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py",
      line 404, in _build_with_temp_dir
          self.run_setup()
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py",
      line 512, in run_setup
          super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py",
      line 317, in run_setup
          exec(code, locals())
          ~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "<string>", line 591, in <module>
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py",
      line 115, in setup
          return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py",
      line 148, in setup
          _setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
                                       ~~~~~^^^^^^^
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py",
      line 321, in __init__
          _Distribution.__init__(self, dist_attrs)
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py",
      line 309, in __init__
          self.finalize_options()
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py",
      line 784, in finalize_options
          ep(self)
          ~~^^^^^^
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py",
      line 804, in _finalize_setup_keywords
          ep.load()(self, ep.name, value)
          ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools_scm/_integration/setuptools.py",
      line 131, in version_keyword
          config = _config.Configuration.from_file(
              dist_name=dist_name,
          ...<2 lines>...
              **overrides,
          )
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools_scm/_config.py",
      line 296, in from_file
          pyproject_data = _read_pyproject(
              Path(name), missing_section_ok=missing_section_ok
          )
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools_scm/_integration/pyproject_reading.py",
      line 95, in read_pyproject
          pyproject_data.verify_dynamic_version_when_required()
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
        File
      "/home/runner/work/_temp/setup-uv-cache/builds-v0/.tmp8KXbpA/lib/python3.13/site-packages/setuptools_scm/_integration/pyproject_reading.py",
      line 38, in verify_dynamic_version_when_required
          raise ValueError(
          ...<3 lines>...
          )
      ValueError: pyproject.toml: setuptools-scm is present in
      [build-system].requires but dynamic=['version'] is not set in
      [project]. Either add dynamic=['version'] to [project] or add a
      [tool.setuptools_scm] section.

      hint: This usually indicates a problem with the package or the build
      environment.

It works now because setuptools-scm 9.x releases were yanked (see pypa/setuptools-scm#1191), but posting here so that you are aware of this as well.

[mxamin]

Thanks for the info, I'm aware of that and following the story to see if we need to comply or not. See #366