Spyder and spacy conflict

Astropi

The problem is, they depend on two different incompatible versions of pydantic, and normally cannot be both installed at the same time (it's possible to build one from ports with pydantic dependency removed, but it's not ideal, not everything works then). Is there any way to circumvent this and install them both?

ericbsd

That would be a question to ask those who maintain those ports.

https://www.freshports.org/devel/spyder/
https://www.freshports.org/textproc/py-spacy/

vimanuelt

GhostBSD and FreeBSD ports such as py311-fastapi and py311-sqlmodel may require incompatible versions of Pydantic:

py311-fastapi requires Pydantic v2
py311-sqlmodel is currently only compatible with Pydantic v1

Because FreeBSD allows only one version of py311-pydantic to be installed at a time, these ports conflict when installed simultaneously.

This script solves the problem by:

Creating a custom port, py-pydantic1, pinned to Pydantic v1.10.12
Patching py-sqlmodel to depend on py-pydantic1
Allowing py311-fastapi to continue using the default py311-pydantic (v2)

Prerequisites

Before running the script:

Ensure the FreeBSD ports tree is available at /usr/ports
Run the script with root privileges
Confirm that py311-fastapi and py311-sqlmodel are not already installed with conflicting dependencies
Have Internet access to fetch Pydantic v1 source from PyPI

Usage Instructions

Save the script as: setup_dual_pydantic_ports.sh
Make it executable: chmod +x setup_dual_pydantic_ports.sh
Run it as root: sudo ./setup_dual_pydantic_ports.sh
When prompted:
- Type y to create and install the custom py-pydantic1 port
- Type y to patch and rebuild py-sqlmodel
After the script completes:
- Install py311-fastapi normally using: sudo pkg install py311-fastapi
  or
  cd /usr/ports/www/py-fastapi && sudo make install clean

After Installation

py311-sqlmodel will now link against your custom py311-pydantic1
py311-fastapi will continue using the latest py311-pydantic (v2)

They will coexist without conflicts, provided the installed files from both Pydantic versions do not collide.

vimanuelt

Here is the accompanying script.

#!/bin/sh
# Hardened script to set up parallel Pydantic v1 and v2 environments on GhostBSD via ports

set -eu

# Trap unexpected errors
trap 'echo "[✗] Error occurred. Check previous output and ensure all ports are available."; exit 1' ERR

# Check for root privileges
if [ "$(id -u)" -ne 0 ]; then
  echo "[!] This script must be run as root."
  echo "    Please use: sudo $0"
  exit 1
fi

# Configuration
PYVER="311"
PORTSDIR="/usr/ports"
DISTNAME="pydantic-1.10.12"
PKGNAMEPREFIX="py${PYVER}-"
PYPI_URL="https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/85/3f/38b31c8cd8911c1e7aa0c3872514dc63a620f5c2cfb98ccdb2072cf19c76/${DISTNAME}.tar.gz"

P1DIR="${PORTSDIR}/devel/py-pydantic1"
SQLMODEL_DIR="${PORTSDIR}/www/py-sqlmodel"
BACKUP_FILE="${SQLMODEL_DIR}/Makefile.bak"

echo "=== GhostBSD Dual Pydantic Setup ==="
echo "This script will:"
echo "1. Create a custom port for Pydantic v1 as py-pydantic1"
echo "2. Patch py-sqlmodel to depend on it"
echo "3. Build and install both ports"
echo

# Confirm ports directory exists
if [ ! -d "$PORTSDIR" ]; then
  echo "[!] /usr/ports not found. You must have the ports tree installed."
  exit 1
fi

# Prompt: Create py-pydantic1
read -p "Proceed with creating py-pydantic1? [y/N] " create_p1
if [ "$create_p1" = "y" ] || [ "$create_p1" = "Y" ]; then
  echo "[*] Creating ${P1DIR}..."
  mkdir -p "$P1DIR" || { echo "[!] Failed to create port directory."; exit 1; }

  echo "[*] Downloading ${DISTNAME}.tar.gz..."
  if ! fetch -o /tmp/${DISTNAME}.tar.gz "$PYPI_URL"; then
    echo "[!] Download failed. Check your internet connection or the URL."
    exit 1
  fi

  tar -C /tmp -xzf /tmp/${DISTNAME}.tar.gz || { echo "[!] Failed to extract archive."; exit 1; }

  echo "[*] Writing Makefile..."
  cat > "${P1DIR}/Makefile" <<EOF
PORTNAME=      pydantic1
DISTNAME=      ${DISTNAME}
CATEGORIES=    devel python
MASTER_SITES=  PYPI
PKGNAMEPREFIX= ${PKGNAMEPREFIX}

MAINTAINER=    you@example.com
COMMENT=       Pydantic v1 for legacy compatibility

LICENSE=       MIT

USES=          python:3.11+
USE_PYTHON=    distutils autoplist

NO_ARCH=       yes

.include <bsd.port.mk>
EOF

  echo "[*] Generating distinfo..."
  if [ ! -f /tmp/${DISTNAME}.tar.gz ]; then
    echo "[!] Source archive missing."
    exit 1
  fi
  SHA256=$(sha256 -q /tmp/${DISTNAME}.tar.gz)
  SIZE=$(stat -f %z /tmp/${DISTNAME}.tar.gz)
  cat > "${P1DIR}/distinfo" <<EOF
TIMESTAMP=$(date +%s)
SHA256 (${DISTNAME}.tar.gz) = ${SHA256}
SIZE (${DISTNAME}.tar.gz) = ${SIZE}
EOF

  echo "[*] Writing pkg-descr..."
  echo "Pydantic v1 packaged as py-pydantic1 for compatibility with legacy ports like SQLModel." > "${P1DIR}/pkg-descr"

  echo "[*] Building and installing py${PYVER}-pydantic1..."
  cd "$P1DIR"
  if ! make clean install; then
    echo "[!] Build failed. Inspect output or dependencies."
    exit 1
  fi
  echo "[✓] py${PYVER}-pydantic1 installed successfully."
else
  echo "[!] Skipped py-pydantic1 creation."
fi

# Prompt: Patch py-sqlmodel
echo
read -p "Proceed with patching py-sqlmodel to depend on py-pydantic1? [y/N] " patch_sqlmodel
if [ "$patch_sqlmodel" = "y" ] || [ "$patch_sqlmodel" = "Y" ]; then
  if [ ! -f "${SQLMODEL_DIR}/Makefile" ]; then
    echo "[!] py-sqlmodel Makefile not found. Ensure port exists at $SQLMODEL_DIR"
    exit 1
  fi

  echo "[*] Backing up Makefile to ${BACKUP_FILE}"
  cp "${SQLMODEL_DIR}/Makefile" "$BACKUP_FILE"

  echo "[*] Patching RUN_DEPENDS..."
  sed -i '' -E "s|py${PYVER}-pydantic[^\s]*:[^\s]*|${PKGNAMEPREFIX}pydantic1>=1.10.12:devel/py-pydantic1@py${PYVER}|" "${SQLMODEL_DIR}/Makefile" || {
    echo "[!] sed failed. Manual patch may be required."
    exit 1
  }

  echo "[*] Building and installing py-sqlmodel..."
  cd "$SQLMODEL_DIR"
  if ! make clean install; then
    echo "[!] Build of py-sqlmodel failed. Restoring original Makefile..."
    cp "$BACKUP_FILE" "${SQLMODEL_DIR}/Makefile"
    exit 1
  fi

  echo "[✓] py-sqlmodel installed with py-pydantic1 as dependency."
else
  echo "[!] Skipped patching py-sqlmodel."
fi

echo
echo "[✓] Setup complete."
echo "You may now install py311-fastapi normally using pkg or ports."