Re: [libvirt] [PATCH] libvirt.spec.in: BuildRequires: python-devel
On 01.12.2014 22:32, Eric Blake wrote:
On 12/01/2014 09:21 AM, Michal Privoznik wrote:
> As of f48ab7d8 we are trying to use python-devel to check python's
> version (or at least gnulib is doing that). However, the specfile
> doesn't say anything about it and therefore bootstrapping may fail
> on a minimal installation on rawhide.
What's the failure? The whole point of f48ab7d8 is that the use of
'python-config' is optional, and should not be fatal if it is not found.
Requiring it in the specfile feels like a step backwards, and probably
breaks on RHEL 5, where we still want 'make rpm' to work.
Do we?
[zippy@localhost libvirt.git]$ cat /etc/fedora-release
Fedora release 22 (Rawhide)
[zippy@localhost libvirt.git]$ rpm -q python-devel
package python-devel is not installed
[zippy@localhost libvirt.git]$ git clean -fxd; ./autogen.sh --system
Removing AUTHORS
Removing ChangeLog
Running ./configure with --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
--localstatedir=/var --libdir=/usr/lib64
running bootstrap...
./bootstrap: Error: 'python-config' not found
./bootstrap: Please install the prerequisite programs
Failed to bootstrap, please investigate.
[zippy@localhost libvirt.git]$
Michal