[libvirt] [PATCH] libvirt.spec.in: BuildRequires: python-devel

[Michal Privoznik]

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 at localhost libvirt.git]$ cat /etc/fedora-release
Fedora release 22 (Rawhide)
[zippy at localhost libvirt.git]$ rpm -q python-devel
package python-devel is not installed
[zippy at 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 at localhost libvirt.git]$


Michal