Run build2 dist meta-operation in pkg-checkout with '--no-external-modules !config.dist.bootstrap=true'

3 files changed, 24 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/bpkg/pkg-build.cxx b/bpkg/pkg-build.cxx
index 3ef513a..111c226 100644
--- a/bpkg/pkg-build.cxx
+++ b/bpkg/pkg-build.cxx
@@ -4389,10 +4389,12 @@ namespace bpkg
     //
     // We are also going to combine purge and fetch/unpack|checkout into a
     // single step and use the replace mode so it will become just
-    // fetch/unpack|checkout. Configure will also be combined with the above
-    // operations to guarantee that prerequisite packages are configured by
-    // the time its dependents need to be checked out (see the pkg_checkout()
-    // function implementation for details).
+    // fetch/unpack|checkout. Configure is also combined with the above
+    // operations, since previously we had to guarantee that prerequisite
+    // packages are configured by the time its dependents need to be checked
+    // out. Now, when we start using the bootstrap dist for pkg-checkout
+    // that's not a requirement anymore. We, however, still keep it this way
+    // since there is no reason why not to.
     //
     // We also have the dependent packages that we reconfigure because their
     // prerequsites got upgraded/downgraded and that the user may want to in
diff --git a/bpkg/pkg-checkout.cxx b/bpkg/pkg-checkout.cxx
index 05875a4..9be09c8 100644
--- a/bpkg/pkg-checkout.cxx
+++ b/bpkg/pkg-checkout.cxx
@@ -219,18 +219,6 @@ namespace bpkg
       //
       dir_path pd (td / path_cast<dir_path> (pl->location));
 
-      // Verify the package prerequisites are all configured since the dist
-      // meta-operation generally requires all imports to be resolvable.
-      //
-      package_manifest m (pkg_verify (pd,
-                                      true /* ignore_unknown */,
-                                      [&ap] (version& v) {v = ap->version;}));
-
-      pkg_configure_prerequisites (o,
-                                   t,
-                                   convert (move (m.dependencies)),
-                                   m.name);
-
       // Form the buildspec.
       //
       string bspec ("dist('");
@@ -245,7 +233,11 @@ namespace bpkg
 
       // Distribute.
       //
-      // Note that on failure the package stays in the existing (working)
+      // Note that we are using the bootstrap distribution mode (and also skip
+      // bootstrapping external modules) to make sure a package can be checked
+      // out without its dependencies being present.
+      //
+      // Note also that on failure the package stays in the existing (working)
       // state.
       //
       // At first it may seem we have a problem: an existing package with the
@@ -264,7 +256,9 @@ namespace bpkg
 
       run_b (o,
              verb_b::progress,
-             strings ({"config.dist.root='" + c.representation () + "'"}),
+             "--no-external-modules",
+             "!config.dist.bootstrap=true",
+             "config.dist.root='" + c.representation () + "'",
              bspec);
 
       // Revert the fix-ups.
diff --git a/tests/pkg-checkout.testscript b/tests/pkg-checkout.testscript
index 398080e..9fc1e64 100644
--- a/tests/pkg-checkout.testscript
+++ b/tests/pkg-checkout.testscript
@@ -54,12 +54,14 @@ else
     $rep_add "$rep/libbar.git#master";
     $rep_fetch;
 
-    $* libmbar/1.0.0 2>>~%EOE% != 0
+    $* libmbar/1.0.0 2>>~%EOE%;
+      checking out libmbar/1.0.0
       %.+
-      error: no configured package satisfies dependency on style-basic >= 1.0.0
-      warning: repository state is now broken
-        info: run 'bpkg rep-fetch' to repair
+      distributing libmbar/1.0.0
+      checked out libmbar/1.0.0
       EOE
+
+    $pkg_purge libmbar
   }
 
   : configured-dependency
@@ -177,13 +179,13 @@ else
     $rep_fetch "$rep/links.git#v1.0.1";
 
     if $posix
-      $* links/1.0.1 2>>~%EOE%
+      $* links/1.0.1 2>>~%EOE% != 0
         checking out links/1.0.1
         distributing links/1.0.1
-        checked out links/1.0.1
+        %error: unable to stat .+%
+        warning: repository state is now broken
+          info: run 'bpkg rep-fetch' to repair
         EOE
-
-      $pkg_purge links
     else
       $* links/1.0.1 2>>~%EOE% != 0
         checking out links/1.0.1
@@ -200,8 +202,6 @@ else
       $rep_fetch "$rep/links.git#v1.0.2" 2>>~%EOE% != 0
         %.*
         %error: unable to iterate over .+%
-        warning: repository state is now broken and will be cleaned up
-          info: run 'bpkg rep-fetch' to update
         EOE
     else
       $rep_fetch "$rep/links.git#v1.0.2"