PYTHON-3968 Allow pymongo to be installed in tox when C extension fails to build (#1409)

.evergreen/check-c-extensions.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -o errexit  # Exit the script with error if any of the commands fail
+
+# Supported/used environment variables:
+#  C_EXTENSIONS         Pass --no_ext to skip installing the C extensions.
+
+PYTHON_IMPL=$(python -c "import platform; print(platform.python_implementation())")
+if [ -z "$C_EXTENSIONS" ] && [ "$PYTHON_IMPL" = "CPython" ]; then
+    PYMONGO_C_EXT_MUST_BUILD=1 python setup.py build_ext -i
+    python tools/fail_if_no_c.py
+fi

.evergreen/run-perf-tests.sh

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export TEST_PATH="${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/driver-performance-test-data"
 export OUTPUT_FILE="${PROJECT_DIRECTORY}/results.json"
 
 export PYTHON_BINARY=/opt/mongodbtoolchain/v3/bin/python3
-export C_EXTENSIONS=1
 export PERF_TEST=1
 
 bash ./.evergreen/tox.sh -m test-eg

.evergreen/run-tests.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -o xtrace
 #  AUTH                 Set to enable authentication. Defaults to "noauth"
 #  SSL                  Set to enable SSL. Defaults to "nossl"
 #  GREEN_FRAMEWORK      The green framework to test with, if any.
-#  C_EXTENSIONS         If non-empty, c extensions are enabled.
+#  C_EXTENSIONS         Pass --no_ext to skip installing the C extensions.
 #  COVERAGE             If non-empty, run the test suite with coverage.
 #  COMPRESSORS          If non-empty, install appropriate compressor.
 #  LIBMONGOCRYPT_URL    The URL to download libmongocrypt.
@@ -272,12 +272,7 @@ fi
 PIP_QUIET=0 python -m pip list
 
 if [ -z "$GREEN_FRAMEWORK" ]; then
-    if [ -z "$C_EXTENSIONS" ] && [ "$PYTHON_IMPL" = "CPython" ]; then
-        python setup.py build_ext -i
-        # This will set a non-zero exit status if either import fails,
-        # causing this script to exit.
-        python -c "from bson import _cbson; from pymongo import _cmessage"
-    fi
+    .evergreen/check-c-extensions.sh
     python -m pytest -v --durations=5 --maxfail=10 $TEST_ARGS
 else
     python green_framework_test.py $GREEN_FRAMEWORK -v $TEST_ARGS

setup.py

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ https://pymongo.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html#osx
         try:
             build_ext.run(self)
         except Exception:
-            if "TOX_ENV_NAME" in os.environ:
+            if os.environ.get("PYMONGO_C_EXT_MUST_BUILD"):
                 raise
             e = sys.exc_info()[1]
             sys.stdout.write("%s\n" % str(e))
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ https://pymongo.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installation.html#osx
         try:
             build_ext.build_extension(self, ext)
         except Exception:
-            if "TOX_ENV_NAME" in os.environ:
+            if os.environ.get("PYMONGO_C_EXT_MUST_BUILD"):
                 raise
             e = sys.exc_info()[1]
             sys.stdout.write("%s\n" % str(e))
@@ -120,7 +120,10 @@ ext_modules = [
 
 
 if "--no_ext" in sys.argv or os.environ.get("NO_EXT"):
-    sys.argv.remove("--no_ext")
+    try:
+        sys.argv.remove("--no_ext")
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
     ext_modules = []
 elif sys.platform.startswith("java") or sys.platform == "cli" or "PyPy" in sys.version:
     sys.stdout.write(

tox.ini

@@ -48,9 +48,11 @@ labels = # Use labels and -m instead of -e so that tox -m <label> fails instantl
 description = run base set of unit tests with no extra functionality
 extras =
     test
+allowlist_externals =
+    .evergreen/check-c-extensions.sh
 commands =
     python --version
-    python setup.py build_ext -i
+    .evergreen/check-c-extensions.sh
     pytest -v --durations=5 --maxfail=10 {posargs}
 
 [testenv:test-eg]