ValueError: Value for packages expected to be a table, found 'find:'

[jpmckinney]

Given:

[options]
packages = find:

[options.packages.find]
where=src
include=mypackage*
exclude=mypackage.tests*

Like at https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/userguide/quickstart.html#package-discovery

Errors with:

[ERROR] ValueError: Value for `packages` expected to be a table, found 'find:'

[abravalheri]

Hi @jpmckinney, I cannot reproduce this error:

> docker run --rm -it python:3.10-bullseye /bin/bash

cd /tmp
cat <<EOF > setup.cfg
[options]
packages = find:

[options.packages.find]
where=src
include=mypackage*
exclude=mypackage.tests*
EOF

pip install --user 'ini2toml[full]==0.11.3'
/root/.local/bin/ini2toml setup.cfg  # You can also use `python -m ini2toml setup.cfg`

# [build-system]
# requires = ["setuptools>=61.2"]
# build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
# 
# [project]
# dynamic = ["version"]
# 
# [tool.setuptools]
# include-package-data = false
# 
# [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
# where = ["src"]
# include = ["mypackage*"]
# exclude = ["mypackage.tests*"]
# namespaces = false

Could you please provide a minimal reproducer (like the example above) that is able to show the error happening?

[jpmckinney]

Hmm, I can't reproduce now either – not sure what I was doing differently at the time.