1685811 - One-line bootstrap described in docs fails while expecting user input

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox Build System :: Bootstrap Configuration, defect)

Description

[Connor Sheehan [:sheehan]]

In the mozboot README.rst file we suggest using curl to download the bootstrap.py file and piping directly to python. However running this command causes a failure waiting for user input:

$ curl https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/raw-file/default/python/mozboot/bin/bootstrap.py | python - 
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 12234  100 12234    0     0  12783      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 12770
Cloning into mozilla-unified using Mercurial...
Destination directory for clone (leave empty to use default destination of mozilla-unified): Could not bootstrap Firefox! Consider filing a bug.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 348, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 332, in main
  File "<stdin>", line 275, in clone
  File "<stdin>", line 95, in input_clone_dest
EOFError: EOF when reading a line

If you save the bootstrap script first and then run, it works as expected.

Comment 1

[Connor Sheehan [:sheehan]]

Attachment: Bug 1685811: recommend saving `bootstrap.py` to disk instead of piping directly to `python` r?mhentges

The current recommendation fails while waiting on user input. Instead, just
save the script to disk as an intermediate step, then invoke it.

Comment 2

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/53327022537a
recommend saving `bootstrap.py` to disk instead of piping directly to `python` r=mhentges DONTBUILD

Comment 3

[Cosmin Sabou [:CosminS]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/53327022537a