Problems starting docs project

[daniboygg]

I'm trying to start the docs project following the guide in https://github.com/wrabit/django-cotton/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#documentation.

But the following errors happen in my system (fresh installation)

=> ERROR [base 6/6] RUN SECRET_KEY=dummy STATIC_URL='/staticfiles/' python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --verbosity 2                                                          1.6s
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 > [base 6/6] RUN SECRET_KEY=dummy STATIC_URL='/staticfiles/' python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --verbosity 2:
1.448 Traceback (most recent call last):
1.448   File "/app/manage.py", line 22, in <module>
1.448     main()
1.448   File "/app/manage.py", line 18, in main
1.448     execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
1.448   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 442, in execute_from_command_line
1.449     utility.execute()
1.449   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 416, in execute
1.449     django.setup()
1.449   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/__init__.py", line 24, in setup
1.449     apps.populate(settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
1.449   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py", line 91, in populate
1.449     app_config = AppConfig.create(entry)
1.449                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1.449   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/django/apps/config.py", line 193, in create
1.449     import_module(entry)
1.449   File "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/importlib/__init__.py", line 90, in import_module
1.449     return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
1.449            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1.449   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1387, in _gcd_import
1.449   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1360, in _find_and_load
1.449   File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1324, in _find_and_load_unlocked
1.449 ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'django_cotton'
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Dockerfile:35
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  33 |         && poetry install
  34 |
  35 | >>> RUN SECRET_KEY=dummy STATIC_URL='/staticfiles/' python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --verbosity 2
  36 |
  37 |     CMD [ "python", "manage.py", "runserver", "0.0.0.0:8000" ]
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ERROR: failed to solve: process "/bin/sh -c SECRET_KEY=dummy STATIC_URL='/staticfiles/' python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --verbosity 2" did not complete successfully: exit code: 1

I made a pull request #215 that I thought that solved my problem #215 (comment). I see that in this commit 5836a69 this was reverted. So the error to start the docs happen again.

Am I doing something wrong? Could someone replicate my error?

[wrabit]

@daniboygg The issue is python manage.py collectstatic runs the app, that has django_cotton listed in INSTALLED_APPS. Django cotton directory is only mapped when running the container, after build, so at build time the folder is not mapped causing the error.

I reverted because after tests of removing all images I was not getting the error. It seems I was too quick to assume it - apologies there. The rudimentary approach is to just poetry remove django-cotton at the end of the build so that when the container next runs, we are using the local version of cotton instead. When I get time today I'll line up that PR, unless you want to get to it sooner.

[wrabit]

Fixed in

• Fix docs build #221

[daniboygg]

It seems I was too quick to assume it - apologies there

Don't worry! Thanks for creating this library and solving this so quickly 🙂