| Git Clone URL: | https://aur.archlinux.org/python-bs4.git (read-only, click to copy) |
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| Package Base: | python-bs4 |
| Description: | This is a dummy package designed to prevent namesquatting on PyPI. You should install beautifulsoup4 instead. |
| Upstream URL: | https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bs4/ |
| Keywords: | beautifulsoup kludge lib library python |
| Licenses: | custom:unknown |
| Submitter: | Network_Jack |
| Maintainer: | stickynotememo |
| Last Packager: | Network_Jack |
| Votes: | 9 |
| Popularity: | 0.102374 |
| First Submitted: | 2020-06-27 18:42 (UTC) |
| Last Updated: | 2025-07-14 15:09 (UTC) |
ATTENTION: This isn't the "real" beautiful soup package.
It exists because a checks if the module "bs4" is installed, and will exit if it is not.
For most programs using beautiful soup, the package python-beautifulsoup4 should be used instead. This package is a weird workaround for a unique issue. If you find other programs that also have this issue, you are free to use this workaround. Otherwise it should be avoided.
Thank you @yochananmarqos
PSA for AUR package maintainers with packages depending on python-bs4: This is an empty package. Click the URL above for more info:
This is a dummy package designed to prevent namesquatting on PyPI. You should install beautifulsoup4 instead.
AUR packages supposedly depending on this need to depend on python-beautifulsoup4 instead which provides the bs4 Python module.
I think you should switch to using python -m build and python -m installer instead of invoking setup.py directly:
/usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/cmd.py:66: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated.
!!
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Please avoid running ``setup.py`` directly.
Instead, use pypa/build, pypa/installer, pypa/build or
other standards-based tools.
See https://blog.ganssle.io/articles/2021/10/setup-py-deprecated.html for details.
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!!
e.g. (just the idea, not tested with your package):
[...]
makedepends=(
'python-build'
'python-installer'
'python-wheel'
'python-setuptools'
[...]
)
[...]
build() {
[...]
python -m build --wheel --no-isolation
# maybe build documentation, ...
[...]
}
package() {
[...]
python -m installer --destdir="$pkgdir" --compile-bytecode=2 dist/*.whl
[...]
# Maybe install documentation, license, ...
[...]
}
Regards!
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Network_Jack commented on 2024-03-26 00:41 (UTC) (edited on 2025-07-14 15:07 (UTC) by Network_Jack)
ATTENTION: This isn't the "real" beautiful soup package.
It exists because a checks if the module "bs4" is installed, and will exit if it is not.
For most programs using beautiful soup, the package
python-beautifulsoup4should be used instead. This package is a weird workaround for a unique issue. If you find other programs that also have this issue, you are free to use this workaround. Otherwise it should be avoided.Thank you @yochananmarqos