feat: pre-install typing-extensions to ensure smooth upgrades for apt-installed packages

cobot/commands/local_setup.py

@@ -196,6 +196,14 @@ def _ensure_root_pip_break(p: process.StepProgress) -> None:
         ">> /root/.config/pip/pip.conf )"
     )
     process.stream(privilege.sudo(["bash", "-c", snippet]), on_line=p.log)
+    # rosdep calls `pip install -U <pkg>` which tries to upgrade all transitive deps,
+    # including packages installed by apt that have no pip RECORD file. Pre-installing
+    # them via pip creates the RECORD so the later upgrade can proceed cleanly.
+    process.stream(
+        privilege.sudo(["pip3", "install", "--break-system-packages",
+                        "--ignore-installed", "typing-extensions"]),
+        on_line=p.log,
+    )
 
 
 def _register_rosdep_source(p: process.StepProgress, env: dict) -> None:

scripts/setup_ros2_desktop.sh

@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ sudo mkdir -p /root/.config/pip
 if ! sudo grep -qs 'break-system-packages' /root/.config/pip/pip.conf 2>/dev/null; then
     printf '[global]\nbreak-system-packages = true\n' | sudo tee -a /root/.config/pip/pip.conf > /dev/null
 fi
+# rosdep uses `pip install -U` which tries to upgrade apt-installed packages that
+# have no pip RECORD file (e.g. typing-extensions). Pre-installing via pip creates
+# the RECORD so subsequent upgrades succeed.
+sudo pip3 install --break-system-packages --ignore-installed typing-extensions
 
 PROGRESS 100 "Done"
 echo "ROS2 Jazzy Desktop installed successfully."

scripts/setup_ros2_ros_base.sh

@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ sudo mkdir -p /root/.config/pip
 if ! sudo grep -qs 'break-system-packages' /root/.config/pip/pip.conf 2>/dev/null; then
     printf '[global]\nbreak-system-packages = true\n' | sudo tee -a /root/.config/pip/pip.conf > /dev/null
 fi
+# rosdep uses `pip install -U` which tries to upgrade apt-installed packages that
+# have no pip RECORD file (e.g. typing-extensions). Pre-installing via pip creates
+# the RECORD so subsequent upgrades succeed.
+sudo pip3 install --break-system-packages --ignore-installed typing-extensions
 
 PROGRESS 100 "Done"
 echo "ROS2 Jazzy (ros-base) installed successfully."