Weasyprint PyPDF issue breaks quarto render on Netlify deploy

[cynthiahqy]

Netlify build started failing at CV.qmd:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/buildhome/python3.8/bin/weasyprint", line 8, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/opt/buildhome/python3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/weasyprint/main.py", line 207, in main
html.write_pdf(output, **options)
File "/opt/buildhome/python3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/weasyprint/init.py", line 252, in write_pdf
self.render(font_config, counter_style, **options)
File "/opt/buildhome/python3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/weasyprint/document.py", line 399, in write_pdf
pdf = generate_pdf(self, target, zoom, **options)
File "/opt/buildhome/python3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/weasyprint/pdf/init.py", line 120, in generate_pdf
pdf = pydyf.PDF((version or '1.7'), identifier)
TypeError: init() takes 1 positional argument but 3 were given
Error producing PDF.

Most likely because of PyPDF dependency issue in weasyprint: Kozea/WeasyPrint#2200

[cynthiahqy]

ugh. tried to update weasyprint requirement to latest (62.3), but that requires python 3.9+ and netlify only has 3.8 available: https://docs.netlify.com/configure-builds/available-software-at-build-time/

[cynthiahqy]

Might need to stick to manual updates using quarto publish netlify

[cynthiahqy]

Or maybe use typst instead: https://github.com/skyzh/chicv

[cynthiahqy]

Ended up with an initialization stage error, because at some point I set the environment variable PYTHON_VERSION to 3.9, even though only 3.8 is available. I deleted this and the deploy previews worked again (after removing weasyprint): https://docs.netlify.com/environment-variables/get-started/#modify-and-delete-environment-variables

12:06:27 PM: Starting to install dependencies
12:06:28 PM: Failed during stage 'Install dependencies': dependency_installation script returned non-zero exit code: 1
12:06:28 PM: /opt/build-bin/run-build-functions.sh: line 384: /opt/buildhome/python3.9/bin/activate: No such file or directory
12:06:28 PM: Error setting python version from the PYTHON_VERSION environment variable