fix possible issue with transitive build dependencies

Handle the case where a missing transitive build dependency is
required by an extra for an already installed build dependency.

Author: benoit-pierre

changelog.d/1922.change.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix possible issue with transitive build dependencies.

setuptools/installer.py

@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ def fetch_build_egg(dist, req):
         dist.announce('WARNING: The wheel package is not available.', log.WARN)
     if not isinstance(req, pkg_resources.Requirement):
         req = pkg_resources.Requirement.parse(req)
+    # Ignore environment markers: if we're here, it's needed. This ensure
+    # we don't try to ask pip for something like `babel; extra == "i18n"`,
+    # which would always be ignored.
+    req.marker = None
     # Take easy_install options into account, but do not override relevant
     # pip environment variables (like PIP_INDEX_URL or PIP_QUIET); they'll
     # take precedence.

setuptools/tests/test_easy_install.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import pkg_resources
 
 from . import contexts
+from .files import build_files
 from .textwrap import DALS
 
 __metaclass__ = type
@@ -744,6 +745,54 @@ def test_setup_requires_with_python_requires(self, monkeypatch, tmpdir):
         eggs = list(map(str, pkg_resources.find_distributions(os.path.join(test_pkg, '.eggs'))))
         assert eggs == ['dep 1.0']
 
+    def test_setup_requires_with_transitive_extra_dependency(self, monkeypatch):
+        # Use case: installing a package with a build dependency on
+        # an already installed `dep[extra]`, which in turn depends
+        # on `extra_dep` (whose is not already installed).
+        monkeypatch.setenv(str('PIP_RETRIES'), str('0'))
+        monkeypatch.setenv(str('PIP_TIMEOUT'), str('0'))
+        monkeypatch.setenv(str('PIP_NO_INDEX'), str('1'))
+        with contexts.save_pkg_resources_state():
+            with contexts.tempdir() as temp_dir:
+                # Create source distribution for `extra_dep`.
+                make_trivial_sdist(os.path.join(temp_dir, 'extra_dep-1.0.tar.gz'), 'extra_dep', '1.0')
+                # Create source tree for `dep`.
+                dep_pkg = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'dep')
+                os.mkdir(dep_pkg)
+                build_files({
+                    'setup.py':
+                    DALS("""
+                          import setuptools
+                          setuptools.setup(
+                              name='dep', version='2.0',
+                              extras_require={'extra': ['extra_dep']},
+                          )
+                         """),
+                    'setup.cfg': '',
+                }, prefix=dep_pkg)
+                # "Install" dep.
+                run_setup(os.path.join(dep_pkg, 'setup.py'), [str('dist_info')])
+                working_set.add_entry(dep_pkg)
+                # Create source tree for test package.
+                test_pkg = os.path.join(temp_dir, 'test_pkg')
+                test_setup_py = os.path.join(test_pkg, 'setup.py')
+                test_setup_cfg = os.path.join(test_pkg, 'setup.cfg')
+                os.mkdir(test_pkg)
+                with open(test_setup_py, 'w') as fp:
+                    fp.write(DALS(
+                        '''
+                        from setuptools import installer, setup
+                        setup(setup_requires='dep[extra]')
+                        '''))
+                with open(test_setup_cfg, 'w') as fp:
+                    fp.write(DALS(
+                        '''
+                        [easy_install]
+                        find_links = {find_links}
+                        ''').format(find_links=temp_dir))
+                # Check...
+                run_setup(test_setup_py, [str('--version')])
+
 
 def make_trivial_sdist(dist_path, distname, version):
     """