Bug 911990 – sys-apps/systemd-utils-253.8 fails to configure: ERROR: <PythonExternalProgram 'python3' -> ['/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/systemd-utils-253.8/temp/python3.12/bin/python3']> is not a valid python or it is missing distutils

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Magnus Granberg 2023-08-10 00:03:04 UTC]

 * Package:    sys-apps/systemd-utils-253.8:0
 * Repository: gentoo
 * Maintainer: [e-mail]
 * USE:        abi_x86_64 acl amd64 elibc_glibc kernel_linux kmod split-usr tmpfiles udev
 * FEATURES:   preserve-libs sandbox userpriv usersandbox
 * Determining the location of the kernel source code
 * Found kernel source directory:
 *     /usr/src/linux
 * Found sources for kernel version:
 *     6.4.7-gentoo-dist
 * Checking for suitable kernel configuration options ...
>>> Unpacking source...
>>> Unpacking systemd-stable-253.8.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/systemd-utils-253.8/work
>>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/systemd-utils-253.8/work
>>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/systemd-utils-253.8/work/systemd-stable-253.8 ...
>>> Source prepared.
>>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/systemd-utils-253.8/work/systemd-stable-253.8 ...
 * Checking whether python3_12 is suitable ...
 *   dev-lang/python:3.12 ...
 *   python_check_deps ...
 *     dev-python/jinja[python_targets_python3_12(-)] ...
 * Using python3.12 to build (via PYTHON_COMPAT iteration)
 * abi_x86_64.amd64: running multilib-minimal_abi_src_configure
../systemd-stable-253.8/meson.build:1967:15: ERROR: <PythonExternalProgram 'python3' -> ['/var/tmp/portage/sys-apps/systemd-utils-253.8/temp/python3.12/bin/python3']> is not a valid python or it is missing distutils
 * ERROR: sys-apps/systemd-utils-253.8::gentoo failed (configure phase):
 *   (no error message)
 * 
 * Call stack:
 *     ebuild.sh, line  136:  Called src_configure
 *   environment, line 4149:  Called meson-multilib_src_configure
 *   environment, line 2596:  Called multilib-minimal_src_configure
 *   environment, line 2815:  Called multilib_foreach_abi 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_configure'
 *   environment, line 3065:  Called multibuild_foreach_variant '_multilib_multibuild_wrapper' 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_configure'
 *   environment, line 2770:  Called _multibuild_run '_multilib_multibuild_wrapper' 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_configure'
 *   environment, line 2768:  Called _multilib_multibuild_wrapper 'multilib-minimal_abi_src_configure'
 *   environment, line  608:  Called multilib-minimal_abi_src_configure
 *   environment, line 2809:  Called multilib_src_configure
 *   environment, line 3336:  Called meson_src_configure
 *   environment, line 2708:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *       "${mesonargs[@]}" ) || die
 * 
 * If you need support, post the output of `emerge --info '=sys-apps/systemd-utils-253.8::gentoo'`,

[Comment 1 Magnus Granberg 2023-08-10 00:03:05 UTC]

This was build on a tinderbox that use Buildbot API[1].
We use docker images to build on.
Web: https://ci.dev.gentoo.org:8010/#/
Code: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/tinderbox-cluster.git
Wiki: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Tinderbox-cluster
How to get more info: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Tinderbox-cluster/something
IRC: #gentoo-ci on libera
[1] https://buildbot.net/

[Comment 2 Magnus Granberg 2023-08-10 00:03:06 UTC]

Was trying to build sys-apps/systemd-utils-253.8 Commit: 39702b75a21647b8053d4c982e5ab987695425df Repository: [e-mail]:zorry/gentoo-ci.git
Package info:
[ebuild     U ] sys-apps/systemd-utils-253.8 [253.7] USE="acl kmod (split-usr) tmpfiles udev -boot -secureboot (-selinux) -sysusers -test" ABI_X86="(64) -32 (-x32)" 
Emerge info:
Portage 3.0.49 (python 3.11.4-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.1, gcc-12, glibc-2.37-r4, 6.1.31-gentoo-dist x86_64)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-6.1.31-gentoo-dist-x86_64-AMD_Opteron-TM-_Processor_6272-with-glibc2.37
KiB Mem:   264087904 total, 225873400 free
KiB Swap:    5242876 total,   5242876 free
Head commit of repository gentoo: 39702b75a21647b8053d4c982e5ab987695425df

sh bash 5.2_p15-r6
ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.40 p5) 2.40.0
app-misc/pax-utils:        1.3.7::gentoo
app-shells/bash:           5.2_p15-r6::gentoo
dev-lang/perl:             5.38.0-r1::gentoo
dev-lang/python:           3.11.4::gentoo, 3.12.0_rc1::gentoo
dev-lang/rust-bin:         1.71.1::gentoo
dev-util/meson:            1.2.1::gentoo
sys-apps/baselayout:       2.14::gentoo
sys-apps/openrc:           0.48::gentoo
sys-apps/sandbox:          2.38::gentoo
sys-devel/autoconf:        2.71-r7::gentoo
sys-devel/automake:        1.16.5-r1::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils:        2.40-r6::gentoo
sys-devel/binutils-config: 5.5::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc:             12.3.1_p20230526::gentoo, 13.2.0::gentoo
sys-devel/gcc-config:      2.11::gentoo
sys-devel/libtool:         2.4.7-r1::gentoo
sys-devel/make:            4.4.1-r1::gentoo
sys-kernel/linux-headers:  6.4::gentoo (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:            2.37-r4::gentoo
Repositories:

gentoo
    location: /var/db/repos/gentoo
    sync-type: git
    sync-uri: [e-mail]:zorry/gentoo-ci.git
    priority: -1000
    volatile: False

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fno-diagnostics-color -march=native"
CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fno-diagnostics-color -march=native"
DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles"
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--buildpkg=y --rebuild-if-new-rev=y --rebuilt-binaries=y --usepkg=y --binpkg-respect-use=y --binpkg-changed-deps=y --nospinner --color=n --ask=n --quiet-build=y --quiet-fail=y"
ENV_UNSET="CARGO_HOME DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DISPLAY GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE GOBIN GOPATH PERL5LIB PERL5OPT PERLPREFIX PERL_CORE PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT XAUTHORITY XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR XDG_STATE_HOME"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fno-diagnostics-color -march=native"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-docompress binpkg-dostrip binpkg-logs binpkg-multi-instance buildpkg buildpkg-live config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync multilib-strict parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned qa-unresolved-soname-deps sandbox sfperms split-log strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr"
FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -fno-diagnostics-color -march=native"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
LANG="C.UTF8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
LEX="flex"
MAKEOPTS="-j14"
PKGDIR="/var/cache/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_COMPRESS="xz"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
USE="X acl amd64 bzip2 cli crypt dri elogind fortran gdbm iconv ipv6 libtirpc multilib ncurses nls nptl openmp pam pcre readline seccomp split-usr ssl test-rust unicode xattr zlib" ABI_X86="64" ADA_TARGET="gnat_2021" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="karbon sheets words" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="mmx mmxext sse sse2" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock greis isync itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="libinput" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LUA_SINGLE_TARGET="lua5-1" LUA_TARGETS="lua5-1" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php8-1" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres15" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_11" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_11 python3_12" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby31 ruby32" VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu fbdev intel nouveau radeon radeonsi vesa dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq proto steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  ADDR2LINE, AR, ARFLAGS, AS, ASFLAGS, CC, CCLD, CONFIG_SHELL, CPP, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, CXXFILT, ELFEDIT, EXTRA_ECONF, F77FLAGS, FC, GCOV, GPROF, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LD, LFLAGS, LIBTOOL, LINGUAS, MAKE, MAKEFLAGS, NM, OBJCOPY, OBJDUMP, PORTAGE_BINHOST, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, RANLIB, READELF, RUSTFLAGS, SHELL, SIZE, STRINGS, STRIP, YACC, YFLAGS

[Comment 3 Magnus Granberg 2023-08-10 00:03:07 UTC]

Created attachment 867526 [details]
sys-apps_systemd-utils-253.8.104966.logs.tar.xz

[Comment 4 Magnus Granberg 2023-08-10 00:03:08 UTC]

Created attachment 867527 [details]
sys-apps:systemd-utils-253.8:20230809-232837.elog

[Comment 5 Magnus Granberg 2023-08-10 00:03:08 UTC]

Created attachment 867528 [details]
sys-apps:systemd-utils-253.8:20230809-232502.elog

[Comment 6 Magnus Granberg 2023-08-10 00:03:10 UTC]

Created attachment 867529 [details]
emerge.log

[Comment 7 Magnus Granberg 2023-08-10 00:03:10 UTC]

Created attachment 867530 [details]
systemd-utils-253.8:20230809-232812.log.xz

[Comment 8 Magnus Granberg 2023-08-10 00:03:11 UTC]

Created attachment 867531 [details]
world

[Comment 9 Magnus Granberg 2023-08-10 00:03:12 UTC]

Created attachment 867532 [details]
emerge_info.txt

[Comment 10 Larry the Git Cow 2023-08-18 10:54:08 UTC]

The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=df8e5c3eef098554b4201b616f4bf5c8c8d5b045

commit df8e5c3eef098554b4201b616f4bf5c8c8d5b045
Author:     Sam James <[e-mail]>
AuthorDate: 2023-08-18 10:53:18 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <[e-mail]>
CommitDate: 2023-08-18 10:53:18 +0000

    sys-apps/systemd-utils: disable py3.12
    
    See the discussion in bug #911418.
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/911418
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/911990
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <[e-mail]>

 sys-apps/systemd-utils/systemd-utils-253.5.ebuild | 2 +-
 sys-apps/systemd-utils/systemd-utils-253.6.ebuild | 2 +-
 sys-apps/systemd-utils/systemd-utils-253.7.ebuild | 2 +-
 sys-apps/systemd-utils/systemd-utils-253.8.ebuild | 2 +-
 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

[Comment 11 Larry the Git Cow 2023-10-03 16:14:07 UTC]

The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=c0ad7b00c772c71a74ec42be0bf594ee9198b71c

commit c0ad7b00c772c71a74ec42be0bf594ee9198b71c
Author:     Sam James <[e-mail]>
AuthorDate: 2023-10-03 16:13:02 +0000
Commit:     Sam James <[e-mail]>
CommitDate: 2023-10-03 16:13:51 +0000

    dev-util/meson: backport PEP632 py3.12 fixes, revert bindgen breakage
    
    * Backport PEP632 fixes for Python 3.12
    * Revert bindgen patch on 1.2.x branch which broke Mesa
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/914989
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/915014
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/911418
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/911990
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/912397
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/912437
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/912452
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/912282
    Signed-off-by: Sam James <[e-mail]>

 ...ndency-ensure-that-setuptools-doesn-t-inj.patch |  39 ++++++
 ...le-stop-using-distutils-schemes-on-suffic.patch |  72 +++++++++++
 ...le-refactor-pypy-detection-into-a-consist.patch |  36 ++++++
 ...le-stop-using-distutils-link-to-libpython.patch |  72 +++++++++++
 ...est-case-to-not-import-distutils-on-pytho.patch |  31 +++++
 ...e-PyPI-metadata-as-supporting-python-3.12.patch |  25 ++++
 ...-apply-global-project-and-environment-C-a.patch | 141 +++++++++++++++++++++
 dev-util/meson/meson-1.2.2-r1.ebuild               | 122 ++++++++++++++++++
 8 files changed, 538 insertions(+)