Subject: bug#53247: calibre fails to build.

From: Michael Rohleder <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 07:03:10 +0100

Looks like upgrading zeroconf (33898cd5b7fa5cd3c5e5af17d72ee84a95b6a5ba)
broke calibre:

...
starting phase `install'
...
Installing calibre environment module: /gnu/store/q227rjddwqxvkd165ydj648gmak7x4xi-calibre-5.21.0/lib/python3.9/site-packages/init_calibre.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/guix-build-calibre-5.21.0.drv-0/calibre-5.21.0/./setup.py", line 119, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/tmp/guix-build-calibre-5.21.0.drv-0/calibre-5.21.0/./setup.py", line 104, in main
    command.run_all(opts)
  File "/tmp/guix-build-calibre-5.21.0.drv-0/calibre-5.21.0/setup/__init__.py", line 203, in run_all
    self.run_cmd(self, opts)
  File "/tmp/guix-build-calibre-5.21.0.drv-0/calibre-5.21.0/setup/__init__.py", line 199, in run_cmd
    cmd.run(opts)
  File "/tmp/guix-build-calibre-5.21.0.drv-0/calibre-5.21.0/setup/install.py", line 154, in run
    self.run_postinstall()
  File "/tmp/guix-build-calibre-5.21.0.drv-0/calibre-5.21.0/setup/install.py", line 177, in run_postinstall
    from calibre.linux import PostInstall
  File "/tmp/guix-build-calibre-5.21.0.drv-0/calibre-5.21.0/src/calibre/linux.py", line 13, in <module>
    from calibre.customize.ui import all_input_formats
  File "/tmp/guix-build-calibre-5.21.0.drv-0/calibre-5.21.0/src/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 18, in <module>
    from calibre.customize.builtins import plugins as builtin_plugins
  File "/tmp/guix-build-calibre-5.21.0.drv-0/calibre-5.21.0/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py", line 752, in <module>
    from calibre.devices.smart_device_app.driver import SMART_DEVICE_APP
  File "/tmp/guix-build-calibre-5.21.0.drv-0/calibre-5.21.0/src/calibre/devices/smart_device_app/driver.py", line 2044, in <module>
    from zeroconf import (BadTypeInNameException, _HAS_A_TO_Z,
ImportError: cannot import name '_HAS_A_TO_Z' from 'zeroconf' (/gnu/store/wd7qza7crmav4z8a0rsaqipil279smv5-python-zeroconf-0.38.1/lib/python3.9/site-packages/zeroconf/__init__.py)
error: in phase 'install': uncaught exception:
%exception #<&invoke-error program: "python" arguments: ("./setup.py" "install" "--prefix=/gnu/store/q227rjddwqxvkd165ydj648gmak7x4xi-calibre-5.21.0" "--no-compile") exit-status: 1 term-signal: #f stop-signal: #f> 
phase `install' failed after 2.5 seconds
command "python" "./setup.py" "install" "--prefix=/gnu/store/q227rjddwqxvkd165ydj648gmak7x4xi-calibre-5.21.0" "--no-compile" failed with status 1
builder for `/gnu/store/jkw6y56fsbh53rn8q214ny3fxk25p6c0-calibre-5.21.0.drv' failed with exit code 1

I found this https://bugs.gentoo.org/800233 similar gentoo bug.
Seems, our calibre needs a patch or upgraded to >=5.24

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