@chrisburr : thanks for the hint, I just tried adding following `pyproject.toml`: ``` [build-system] requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"] build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta" ``` but I'm getting following error on `pip install`: ``` Building wheels for collected packages: xrootd Building wheel for xrootd (PEP 517) ... error ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: command: /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py build_wheel /tmp/tmpex2e8sfb cwd: /tmp/pip-req-build-8t0nnog9 Complete output (22 lines): running bdist_wheel Traceback (most recent call last): File "/tmp/pip-build-env-aw7t30tw/overlay/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 105, in _file_with_extension file, = matching ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 1, got 0) During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 349, in <module> main() File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 331, in main json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs']) File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 249, in build_wheel metadata_directory) File "/tmp/pip-build-env-aw7t30tw/overlay/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 222, in build_wheel wheel_directory, config_settings) File "/tmp/pip-build-env-aw7t30tw/overlay/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 210, in _build_with_temp_dir tmp_dist_dir, result_extension) File "/tmp/pip-build-env-aw7t30tw/overlay/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 108, in _file_with_extension 'No distribution was found. Ensure that `setup.py` ' ValueError: No distribution was found. Ensure that `setup.py` is not empty and that it calls `setup()`. ---------------------------------------- ERROR: Failed building wheel for xrootd Failed to build xrootd ERROR: Could not build wheels for xrootd which use PEP 517 and cannot be installed directly ``` any idea what is amiss? -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/xrootd/xrootd/issues/1401#issuecomment-937903815 ######################################################################## Use REPLY-ALL to reply to list To unsubscribe from the XROOTD-DEV list, click the following link: https://listserv.slac.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=XROOTD-DEV&A=1