fix(tools): catch more general errors in python dependency checker

tools/test_idf_tools/test_idf_tools_python_env.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-2024 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
 # NOTE: unittest is by default sorting tests based on their names,
 # so the order if which the tests are started may be different from
 # the order in which they are defined. Please make sure all tests
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@
 # If test needs to change global state, it should return it to the
 # original state after it's finished. For more information please see
 # https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.html#organizing-test-code
-
 import inspect
 import os
 import shutil
@@ -30,7 +28,8 @@ TOOLS_DIR = os.environ.get('IDF_TOOLS_PATH') or os.path.expanduser(idf_tools.IDF
 PYTHON_DIR = os.path.join(TOOLS_DIR, 'python_env')
 PYTHON_DIR_BACKUP = tempfile.mkdtemp()
 REQ_SATISFIED = 'Python requirements are satisfied'
-REQ_MISSING = "{}' - was not found and is required by the application"
+# Python3.7 has a different error message that includes also "No package metadata was found for"
+REQ_MISSING = r'.*Package was not found and is required by the application: (No package metadata was found for )?{}.*'
 REQ_CORE = '- {}'.format(os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'requirements', 'requirements.core.txt'))
 REQ_GDBGUI = '- {}'.format(os.path.join(IDF_PATH, 'tools', 'requirements', 'requirements.gdbgui.txt'))
 CONSTR = 'Constraint file: {}/espidf.constraints'.format(TOOLS_DIR)
@@ -347,7 +346,7 @@ class TestCheckPythonDependencies(BasePythonInstall):
 
         # check-python-dependencies should fail as the package was not installed yet
         output = self.run_idf_tools(['check-python-dependencies'])
-        self.assertIn(REQ_MISSING.format('foopackage'), output)
+        self.assertRegex(output, REQ_MISSING.format('foopackage'))
         self.assertNotIn(REQ_SATISFIED, output)
 
     def test_dev_version(self):  # type: () -> None