uv build system issue, AttributeError #5648

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2026-01-27T16:44:59Z

hl commented

2026-01-27 16:44:59 +00:00

sync hooks: ✔️ (pre-commit, ci-checks)
(fsfe-website) uv run build --sites fsfe.org
2026-01-27 16:40:56 - fsfe_website_build.build - INFO - Starting phase 0 - Global Conditional Setup
2026-01-27 16:40:56 - fsfe_website_build.phase0.global_symlinks - INFO - Creating global symlinks
2026-01-27 16:40:56 - fsfe_website_build.build - INFO - Processing fsfe.org
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/hl/git/fsfe-website/.venv/bin/build", line 10, in <module>
    sys.exit(build())
             ~~~~~^^
  File "/home/hl/git/fsfe-website/build/fsfe_website_build/build.py", line 220, in build
    _run_build(global_build_config)
    ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/home/hl/git/fsfe-website/build/fsfe_website_build/build.py", line 163, in _run_build
    if not site.exists():
           ^^^^^^^^^^^
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'exists'
(fsfe-website) pwd
/home/hl/git/fsfe-website

The website repo is up to date, I am in the nix shell

I was able to isolate the issue to the argument --site fsfe.org argument. Without it, all works fine.

@delliott can you help here?

``` sync hooks: ✔️ (pre-commit, ci-checks) (fsfe-website) uv run build --sites fsfe.org 2026-01-27 16:40:56 - fsfe_website_build.build - INFO - Starting phase 0 - Global Conditional Setup 2026-01-27 16:40:56 - fsfe_website_build.phase0.global_symlinks - INFO - Creating global symlinks 2026-01-27 16:40:56 - fsfe_website_build.build - INFO - Processing fsfe.org Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/hl/git/fsfe-website/.venv/bin/build", line 10, in <module> sys.exit(build()) ~~~~~^^ File "/home/hl/git/fsfe-website/build/fsfe_website_build/build.py", line 220, in build _run_build(global_build_config) ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/hl/git/fsfe-website/build/fsfe_website_build/build.py", line 163, in _run_build if not site.exists(): ^^^^^^^^^^^ AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'exists' (fsfe-website) pwd /home/hl/git/fsfe-website ``` The website repo is up to date, I am in the nix shell I was able to isolate the issue to the argument `--site fsfe.org` argument. Without it, all works fine. @delliott can you help here?

delliott commented

2026-01-27 16:53:52 +00:00

Oh, yeah. I ran into that and have a patch in one of my current prs, forgot which.