Python build error in step "... pipenv install --deploy"

divtxtPRO

9 months ago

  • Seeing a lot of package installs fail with the message:
    "An error occurred while installing

  • Seeing a traceback with the error:
    AttributeError: module 'pkgutil' has no attribute 'ImpImporter'. Did you mean: 'zipimporter'?

The closest I could find was this pip issue:
https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/12179

However it's not clear that this is the real issue.

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brodyEMPLOYEE

9 months ago

What version of Python do you use locally? I see that this build was ran with Python 3.12 as per the build table at the top of the build logs.

divtxtPRO

9 months ago

I'm using Python 3.12.4 which is the version in the Pipfile.

Also, I just noticed in the traceback that pipenv seems to be running from python 3.11:

[pipenv.exceptions.InstallError]: File "/nix/store/6wfc7p3j3clx2jzfkqjkq9a50qsir6ab-pipenv-2023.2.4/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pipenv/patched/pip/_vendor/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 2164, in <module>

Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response railway[bot] • 9 months ago

brodyEMPLOYEE

9 months ago

Would Python 3.12.4 be a hard requirement? If so, you may need to move to a Dockerfile based build.

Status changed to Awaiting User Response railway[bot] • 9 months ago

divtxtPRO

9 months ago

Ok - will move to Dockerfile. Changing versions is possible but disruptive, and I don't want a bug in the build infrastructure to limit our choice of version.

Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response railway[bot] • 9 months ago

brodyEMPLOYEE

9 months ago

For clarity this would be an issue with nixpacks, But a Dockerfile is going to be the best path forward when you need specific versions of a language in my experience.

Let me know if you need any help with that Dockerfile!

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Status changed to Awaiting User Response railway[bot] • 9 months ago

divtxtPRO

9 months ago

Got Dockerfile build working based on examples on the internet. Thank you!

Status changed to Awaiting Railway Response railway[bot] • 9 months ago

brodyEMPLOYEE

9 months ago

Awesome, Sorry nixpacks wasn't a good fit for you here!

Status changed to Awaiting User Response railway[bot] • 9 months ago

Status changed to Solved brody • 9 months ago

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