samba - May 2019 - python dist-utils and python-config [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

UNOFFICIAL
Hi,

I'm trying to build samba-latest on CentOS 7. The PC is not online, so I
have to download everything manually.
Most of the prerequisites are on the CentOS Everything ISO so I don't have
to download a lot.

I installed all the documented dependencies and configure complained about
python3.

So I downloaded and installed

python36-libs-3.6.8-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
python36-3.6.8-1.el7.x86_64.rpm

and now I get (./configure)

:DistUtils not installed? Broken python installation? Get python-config now.

I tried to find dist-utils. All I could find was:

python36-distutils-extra-2.39-8.el7.noarch.rpm

This is apparently not what is required, because configure still gives me the
same error.

I've had even less luck looking for python-config.

Can anyone tell me what else I need to install?

Alternately, what is the latest version of SAMBA 4 that will build with the
documented prerequisites(ie not using python 3)?

Cheers
Russell

On Tue, 2019-05-28 at 07:41 +0000, Thamm, Russell via samba
wrote:
> UNOFFICIAL
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to build samba-latest on CentOS 7. The PC is not online, so
I have to download everything manually.
> Most of the prerequisites are on the CentOS Everything ISO so I don't
have to download a lot.
> 
> I installed all the documented dependencies and configure complained about
python3.
> 
> So I downloaded and installed
> 
> python36-libs-3.6.8-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
> python36-3.6.8-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
> 
> and now I get (./configure)
> 
> :DistUtils not installed? Broken python installation? Get python-config
now.
> 
> I tried to find dist-utils. All I could find was:
> 
> python36-distutils-extra-2.39-8.el7.noarch.rpm
> 
> This is apparently not what is required, because configure still gives me
the same error.
> 
> I've had even less luck looking for python-config.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what else I need to install?
> 
> Alternately, what is the latest version of SAMBA 4 that will build with the
documented prerequisites(ie not using python 3)?
Sorry about the poor errors, we should (please file a bug) give you
more clues that that.

Try again with --disable-python --without-ad-dc if you don't want an AD
DC, that won't need the python-devel bits.

Andrew Bartlett

-- 
Andrew Bartlett                       http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Authentication Developer, Samba Team  http://samba.org
Samba Developer, Catalyst IT          http://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba

On 28/05/2019 08:41, Thamm, Russell via samba wrote:
> UNOFFICIAL
What do you mean 'UNOFFICIAL' ?
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to build samba-latest on CentOS 7. The PC is not online, so
I have to download everything manually.
> Most of the prerequisites are on the CentOS Everything ISO so I don't
have to download a lot.
If you mean 
'https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/samba-4.10.4.tar.gz' as 
samba-latest, then you can build this with python2

To build Samba with python2 you *must* set the 'PYTHON' environment 
variable for both the 'configure' and 'make' steps, i.e.

   'PYTHON=python2 ./configure'
   'PYTHON=python2 make'
>
> I installed all the documented dependencies and configure complained about
python3.
>
> So I downloaded and installed
>
> python36-libs-3.6.8-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
> python36-3.6.8-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
>
> and now I get (./configure)
>
> :DistUtils not installed? Broken python installation? Get python-config
now.
>
> I tried to find dist-utils. All I could find was:
>
> python36-distutils-extra-2.39-8.el7.noarch.rpm
>
> This is apparently not what is required, because configure still gives me
the same error.
>
> I've had even less luck looking for python-config.
>
> Can anyone tell me what else I need to install?
>
> Alternately, what is the latest version of SAMBA 4 that will build with the
documented prerequisites(ie not using python 3)?
>
There have been a few posts on this very topic recently, try searching 
the samba-mailing list archives, but it basically boils down to using 
the python3 variants of any python dependences previously used.

Rowland

On Tue, 2019-05-28 at 09:10 +0100, Rowland penny via samba
wrote:
> On 28/05/2019 08:41, Thamm, Russell via samba wrote:
> > UNOFFICIAL
> What do you mean 'UNOFFICIAL' ?
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm trying to build samba-latest on CentOS 7. The PC is not
online, so I have to download everything manually.
> > Most of the prerequisites are on the CentOS Everything ISO so I
don't have to download a lot.
> 
> If you mean 
> 'https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/samba-4.10.4.tar.gz'
as
> samba-latest, then you can build this with python2
> 
> To build Samba with python2 you *must* set the 'PYTHON' environment
> variable for both the 'configure' and 'make' steps, i.e.
> 
>    'PYTHON=python2 ./configure'
>    'PYTHON=python2 make'
> 
> > I installed all the documented dependencies and configure complained
about python3.
> > 
> > So I downloaded and installed
> > 
> > python36-libs-3.6.8-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
> > python36-3.6.8-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
> > 
> > and now I get (./configure)
> > 
> > :DistUtils not installed? Broken python installation? Get
python-config now.
> > 
> > I tried to find dist-utils. All I could find was:
> > 
> > python36-distutils-extra-2.39-8.el7.noarch.rpm
> > 
> > This is apparently not what is required, because configure still gives
me the same error.
> > 
> > I've had even less luck looking for python-config.
> > 
> > Can anyone tell me what else I need to install?
> > 
> > Alternately, what is the latest version of SAMBA 4 that will build
with the documented prerequisites(ie not using python 3)?
> > 
> There have been a few posts on this very topic recently, try searching 
> the samba-mailing list archives, but it basically boils down to using 
> the python3 variants of any python dependences previously used.
I've tried to fill in the basics regarding this issue on our wiki page
in the hope that those searching for this error string get something
more meaningful:

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Build_Samba_from_Source#Python

Improvements welcome!

Andrew Bartlett
-- 
Andrew Bartlett                       http://samba.org/~abartlet/
Authentication Developer, Samba Team  http://samba.org
Samba Developer, Catalyst IT          http://catalyst.net.nz/services/samba