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dee01b827ffc26577217697074052b8b7f4770dc mkvenv: add nested venv workaround
Python virtual environments do not typically nest; they may inherit from
the top-level system packages or not at all.
For our purposes, it would be convenient to emulate "nested" virtual
environments to allow callers of the configure script to install
specific versions of python utilities in order to test build system
features, utility version compatibility, etc.
While it is possible to install packages into the system environment
(say, by using the --user flag), it's nicer to install test packages
into a totally isolated environment instead.
As detailed in https://www.qemu.org/2023/03/24/python/, Emulate a nested
venv environment by using .pth files installed into the site-packages
folder that points to the parent environment when appropriate.
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20230511035435.734312-6-jsnow@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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