Since meson.git#0240d760c7699a059cc89e584363c6431cdd2b61 setuptools is not required anymore.

Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
---
 configure | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8c5d2f9a69..ce9b3c0a33 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1913,9 +1913,6 @@ fi
 
 case "$meson" in
     git | internal)
-        if ! $python -c 'import pkg_resources' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-            error_exit "Python setuptools not found"
-        fi
         meson="$python ${source_path}/meson/meson.py"
         ;;
     *) meson=$(command -v "$meson") ;;

On 24/11/2020 22.19, Olaf Hering wrote:
> Since meson.git#0240d760c7699a059cc89e584363c6431cdd2b61 setuptools is not required anymore.

That commit was part of meson 0.55.1. We require at least meson 0.55.3. So
right, this should be fine.

> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
> ---
>  configure | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index 8c5d2f9a69..ce9b3c0a33 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -1913,9 +1913,6 @@ fi
>  
>  case "$meson" in
>      git | internal)
> -        if ! $python -c 'import pkg_resources' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> -            error_exit "Python setuptools not found"
> -        fi
>          meson="$python ${source_path}/meson/meson.py"
>          ;;
>      *) meson=$(command -v "$meson") ;;

Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

I guess we could now also remove the corresponding package from the docker
and vm files?

$ grep -r setuptool tests/
tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian10.docker:     python3-setuptools \
tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker:    python3-setuptools \
tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker:    python3-setuptools \
tests/vm/freebsd:        "py37-setuptools",
tests/vm/openbsd:        "py3-setuptools",
tests/vm/haiku.x86_64:        "setuptools_python3"
tests/vm/netbsd:        "py37-setuptools",

On 25/11/20 05:19, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 24/11/2020 22.19, Olaf Hering wrote:
>> Since meson.git#0240d760c7699a059cc89e584363c6431cdd2b61 setuptools is not required anymore.
> 
> That commit was part of meson 0.55.1. We require at least meson 0.55.3. So
> right, this should be fine.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Olaf Hering <olaf@aepfle.de>
>> ---
>>   configure | 3 ---
>>   1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/configure b/configure
>> index 8c5d2f9a69..ce9b3c0a33 100755
>> --- a/configure
>> +++ b/configure
>> @@ -1913,9 +1913,6 @@ fi
>>   
>>   case "$meson" in
>>       git | internal)
>> -        if ! $python -c 'import pkg_resources' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
>> -            error_exit "Python setuptools not found"
>> -        fi
>>           meson="$python ${source_path}/meson/meson.py"
>>           ;;
>>       *) meson=$(command -v "$meson") ;;
> 
> Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
> 
> I guess we could now also remove the corresponding package from the docker
> and vm files?
> 
> $ grep -r setuptool tests/
> tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian10.docker:     python3-setuptools \
> tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win32-cross.docker:    python3-setuptools \
> tests/docker/dockerfiles/fedora-win64-cross.docker:    python3-setuptools \
> tests/vm/freebsd:        "py37-setuptools",
> tests/vm/openbsd:        "py3-setuptools",
> tests/vm/haiku.x86_64:        "setuptools_python3"
> tests/vm/netbsd:        "py37-setuptools",
> 

Yes, it should.  I sent a patch for this.

Paolo