21:47 <jean-paul[m]> I'm trying to build an OS package for a Python package for PyPy. I expected to simply substitute PyPy for CPython but doing that I get a number of errors related to wheels. Using legacy 'setup.py install' for setuptools, since package 'wheel' is not installed. and later error: invalid command 'bdist_wheel'. Maybe this is an issue with the OS packaging toolchain - but does any of this look familiar?

21:48 <jean-paul[m]> (as far as I can tell, the wheel package is installed in the build environment)

21:49 <nimaje> is it installed for pypy?

21:49 <jean-paul[m]> it is "installed" by having PYTHONPATH point at it

21:50 <tumbleweed> jean-paul[m]: for which OS?

21:50 <jean-paul[m]> NixOS

21:51 <tumbleweed> missing bdist_wheel sounds very much like wheel isn't installed in the pypy

21:51 <tumbleweed> in the pypy's site-package, I mean

21:51 <jean-paul[m]> It's not in PyPy's site-packages.

21:51 <tumbleweed> well, you'll need it to be if you want to use it

21:51 <jean-paul[m]> So PyPy doesn't respect PYTHONPATH?

21:52 <tumbleweed> it does

21:54 <Alex_Gaynor> jean-paul[m]: wheel relies on setuptools entrypoints, so I think merely being on the path isn't sufficient

21:55 <jean-paul[m]> Would you expect that to only cause it to fail on PyPy? Somehow it works for CPython.

21:59 <Alex_Gaynor> no clue :-( sorry

21:59 <tumbleweed> this sounds like a question for people who look after python nix stuff

23:26 <jean-paul[m]> Alex_Gaynor: Okay, thanks anyhow!