Manuscript build failing due to import error for soft_unicode from markup_safe

[jaybee84]

I am getting the following error when trying to commit changes to a PR in the ml-in-rd repo:

ImportError: cannot import name 'soft_unicode' from 'markupsafe' (/usr/share/miniconda3/envs/manubot/lib/python3.7/site-packages/markupsafe/__init__.py)

It seems like this may be related to a version update : pallets/markupsafe#284

Where would be the best place to add the necessary updates? - in manubot rootstock or individual forks? If this needs to be updated in individual forks, can you please point me to the best place to make this change.

Thanks!
Jineta

[agitter]

This an unfortunate error due to the Jinja package that Manubot uses. There are two possible solutions:

• (Preferred) As described in Build fails with old Jinja version rootstock#459, updating to the latest version of Manubot rootstock fixes this. Follow the update guide.
• Alternatively, you can pin the version of markupsafe in environment.yml. See Add pharmaceuticals to docx build greenelab/covid19-review#1082 for an example of this approach. See the files changed tab in the pull request.

[jaybee84]

Thanks! @agitter .. That worked!