On Mon, 2021-06-21 at 17:53 +0200, Maxime Devos wrote:
> 
> You can try to work-around the cycle
> by defining two python-plyer packages, like this
> (fill in the ...):
> 
> (define-public python-plyer
>   (package
>     (name ...)
>     (version ...)
>     (build-system ...)
>     ;; do not add (arguments ...) here!
>     ;; (This comment should not go into the revised patch)
>     (native-inputs
>       ;; Add a comment on why this is necessary
>       `(("python-plyer" ,python-plyer-for-tests)))
>     (home-page ...)
>     (synopsis ...)
>     (description ...)))
> 
> (define python-plyer-for-tests
>   (package/hidden
>     (inherit python-plyer)
>     (native-inputs '())))
> 
> That way, first a python-plyer without tests will be built,
> and then the real python-plyer will be built with tests.

I tried the attached patch, but it still fails with same errors when
trying to run tests. At this point I don't know if python-plyer-for-
tests is being built before or not.

Sincerely,

slg