CI: set flags where we don't need BLAS, improve Azure failure reporting

Author: rgommers

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
             . venv/bin/activate
             pip install --progress-bar=off -r test_requirements.txt
             pip install --progress-bar=off -r doc_requirements.txt
-            pip install .
+            pip install . --config-settings=setup-args="-Dallow-noblas=true"
 
       - run:
           name: create release notes

.github/workflows/wheels.yml

@@ -186,12 +186,13 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.9"
       - name: Build sdist
         run: |
-          python setup.py sdist
+          python -m pip install -U pip build
+          python -m build --sdist -Csetup-args=-Dallow-noblas=true
       - name: Test the sdist
         run: |
           # TODO: Don't run test suite, and instead build wheels from sdist
           # Depends on pypa/cibuildwheel#1020
-          python -m pip install dist/*.gz
+          python -m pip install dist/*.gz -Csetup-args=-Dallow-noblas=true
           pip install ninja
           pip install -r test_requirements.txt
           cd .. # Can't import numpy within numpy src directory

azure-steps-windows.yml

@@ -28,26 +28,30 @@ steps:
     mkdir  C:/opt/openblas/openblas_dll
     mkdir  C:/opt/32/lib/pkgconfig
     mkdir  C:/opt/64/lib/pkgconfig
-    # TBD: support 32 bit testing
     $target=$(python -c "import tools.openblas_support as obs; plat=obs.get_plat(); ilp64=obs.get_ilp64(); target=f'openblas_{plat}.zip'; obs.download_openblas(target, plat, ilp64);print(target)")
     unzip -o -d c:/opt/ $target
     echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=PKG_CONFIG_PATH]c:/opt/64/lib/pkgconfig"
     copy C:/opt/64/bin/*.dll C:/opt/openblas/openblas_dll
   displayName: 'Download / Install OpenBLAS'
 
 - powershell: |
+    # Note: ensure the `pip install .` command remains the last one here, to
+    # avoid "green on failure" issues
     python -c "from tools import openblas_support; openblas_support.make_init('numpy')"
     If ( Test-Path env:NPY_USE_BLAS_ILP64 ) {
         python -m pip install . -Csetup-args="--vsenv" -Csetup-args="-Duse-ilp64=true" -Csetup-args="-Dblas-symbol-suffix=64_"
     } else {
         python -m pip install . -Csetup-args="--vsenv"
     }
+  displayName: 'Build NumPy'
+
+- powershell: |
     # copy from c:/opt/openblas/openblas_dll to numpy/.libs to ensure it can
     # get loaded when numpy is imported (no RPATH on Windows)
     $target = $(python -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('platlib'))")
     mkdir $target/numpy/.libs
     copy C:/opt/openblas/openblas_dll/*.dll $target/numpy/.libs
-  displayName: 'Build NumPy'
+  displayName: 'Copy OpenBLAS DLL to site-packages'
 
 - script: |
     python -m pip install threadpoolctl

tools/ci/cirrus_macosx_arm64.yml

@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ macos_arm64_test_task:
     pip install -r build_requirements.txt
     pip install pytest pytest-xdist hypothesis typing_extensions
     
-    spin build
+    spin build -- -Dallow-noblas=true
     spin test -j auto