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]$