Path: csiph.com!news.samoylyk.net!gothmog.csi.it!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Stefano Rivera Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.python Subject: Re: dh_auto_configure: error: unable to load build system class 'python_distutils' Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 01:00:02 +0100 Message-ID: References: X-Original-To: Santiago Vila X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-python-request@lists.debian.org Tue Dec 17 23:56:05 2024 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-107.199 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.34, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, USER_IN_DKIM_WELCOMELIST=-0.01, USER_IN_DKIM_WHITELIST=-100] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -4.6 Mail-Followup-To: Santiago Vila , Debian Python X-Gpg-Public-Key: http://www.rivera.za.net/stefano.gpg MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: NeoMutt/20220429 X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/22674 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/20241217235548.jx7ruu47lncos7mf@satie.tumbleweed.org.za Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 26 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: Debian Python X-Original-Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 23:55:48 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <20241217235548.jx7ruu47lncos7mf@satie.tumbleweed.org.za> X-Original-References: <51b9a7a0-72d5-4d83-929a-7e703d54dd38@debian.org> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.python:16582 Hi Santiago (2024.12.17_23:46:03_+0000) If you were still relying on python_distutils, you were doing something horribly wrong. It has never supported Python 3. You want to use pybuild instead. > Normally this kind of thing is announced in advance > and bugs are filed in advance, but I don't see anything > in this case. It was obviously assumed that nobody still depended on this. > Also: It must be something recent because I did an archive > rebuild of sid three days ago and this still did not happen. > > Could it be related to #1090343 ? The relevant bug is https://bugs.debian.org/1089715 Stefano -- Stefano Rivera http://tumbleweed.org.za/ +1 415 683 3272