From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Giovanni Biscuolo Subject: Re: glibc 2.29 needs Python Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 14:46:35 +0200 Message-ID: <8736kw155g.fsf@roquette.mug.biscuolo.net> References: <87ftowrztr.fsf@gnu.org> <87tvdcji38.fsf@elephly.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:59367) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hWKSX-0001xV-8p for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 May 2019 08:47:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hWKSV-0003iS-5t for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 May 2019 08:47:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87tvdcji38.fsf@elephly.net> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Ricardo Wurmus , Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ricardo Wurmus writes: >> I started looking at what it would take to upgrade glibc to 2.29 on >> =E2=80=98core-updates=E2=80=99. Bad news: it depends on Python. > > I had to check the date. This is for real? It's for real: =2D-8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Changes to build and runtime requirements: * Python 3.4 or later is required to build the GNU C Library. =2D-8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-announce/2019/msg00000.html AFAIU the relevant patch is https://sourceware.org/git/?p=3Dglibc.git;a=3Dcommit;h=3Dc6982f7efc1c70fe2d= 6160a87ee44d871ac85ab0 Before that commit =C2=ABPython is (was) required to build the GNU C Library manual and to run some tests.=C2=BB (and AFAIU tests was skipped if Python was not available in the build environment) [...] Viva Guix! Gio'. =2D-=20 Giovanni Biscuolo Xelera IT Infrastructures --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEERcxjuFJYydVfNLI5030Op87MORIFAlzv0KwACgkQ030Op87M ORL9aBAAu67yRGqLCqwHWnGmP8S5oufyoD+q+c8OxgTLFu0vRwLvZYfZzPf4m9Vm WMrMq5RyurCL5GBc+nO1NsOLZN65v7QdVulMI3qMXCcaSomDX3lBi9p8PjDyYm7p Y6aC2gs+s3R2U6cuc45Z7Fbvs4+ocQOomsQlV8rWKgG56gdQSBKGHmbqMOVMSY47 E5PZ/Y3ugVx15f3VZR+4oz3Yx7Ns2jMmjiY6ikZZyE/qBMjGKPu07eBYLZJjEBHx GFUYQsUlVf1ueJ45um4Y25iojRVP+/YJRblGIM1AePJDCXRi/1TBA89TNXBa1S2U xjWq+EJ+2sqMNPEtSm+OA1OdyJmiBoj9WAJVZNeA9gRJrERIzdbUtvTSTK5GDo6R AL22qCejxlmHDElAakz9dl5jWWHdl0UnIztbtzK1m/IyYsUQJnJQ+7YgKVOIn9gL +5Rv8eONFpc4LZsmFfpPk7fA4mdUEbFui7mdKMFNnzmwq2ih94ShQNsyY74BGQ6I cqj6SM+cd2cBdmId1vvzrPocfM4MDxO3xr5KGoWuOyxFv5yrW+GjjnNz9CsOaGlu cB6mVkMkzxVUwR0BdxGZQyNAmBNxPBEGDNRWJWLbJDpBIRmyRp8dKz7VwEbH8R48 KpaqZp33qaHDX++v9DGBR/+JubNlstecE27dOVCOoeoELnuwKLE= =ZHWI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--