Bug 1158288

Summary:	virtualbox fails to build with Python 3.8
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE Tumbleweed	Reporter:	Matej Cepl <mcepl>
Component:	Virtualization:Other	Assignee:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Current
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Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Bug Blocks:	1158289

Description Matej Cepl 2019-12-03 13:11:14 UTC

https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/openSUSE:Factory:Staging:A/virtualbox

Fails immediately in ./configure run:

[  128s] Checking for Python support: 
[  128s]   ** Python not found!
[  128s] Check /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/VirtualBox-6.0.14/configure.log for details

Comment 1 Larry Finger 2019-12-04 02:49:46 UTC

I have found several places in the VB code that need updating to handle Python 3.8. The one I do not know how to fix is a failure in my osc build at a statement "include <Python.h>". Does the project openSUSE:Factory:Staging:A produce that header? If so, I have no idea why the build cannot see it.

My local build uses "osc build --alternative-project openSUSE:Factory:Staging:A".

Comment 2 Matej Cepl 2019-12-04 07:30:13 UTC

(In reply to Larry Finger from comment #1)
> I have found several places in the VB code that need updating to handle
> Python 3.8. The one I do not know how to fix is a failure in my osc build at
> a statement "include <Python.h>". Does the project
> openSUSE:Factory:Staging:A produce that header? If so, I have no idea why
> the build cannot see it.
> 
> My local build uses "osc build --alternative-project
> openSUSE:Factory:Staging:A".

It could be another weird reaction to https://docs.python.org/dev/whatsnew/3.8.html#debug-build-uses-the-same-abi-as-release-build or you just need to add %{python_module devel} to your BRs.

Comment 3 Larry Finger 2019-12-04 16:46:05 UTC

My problems were typos in the changes needed to handle Python 3.8. It now builds locally with osc, and that change has been pushed to Virtualization/virtualbox. The only file that was changed is "switch_to_python3.4+.patch".

Once you get a successful build in openSUSE:Factory:Staging:A, please close this bug report. Thanks, Larry

Comment 4 Larry Finger 2019-12-30 00:39:51 UTC

As far as I know, this can be closed.