Bug 770909

Summary:	brp-python-bytecompile requires python2
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Spencer Jackson <spencerandrewjackson>
Component:	python3	Assignee:	Dave Malcolm <dmalcolm>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Spencer Jackson 2011-12-30 05:16:16 UTC

Description of problem:
The brp-python-bytecompile script checks for python2, and will abort silently if it is not found. When a pure python3 package is compiled in mock, __pycache__ will not be produced.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Noticed in python3-3.2.1-1

How reproducible:
Perfectly


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Attempt to build the RPM spec in [[bugzilla:770765]] using mock
  
Actual results:
The build fails, as the spec hardcoded the path to the __pycache__ directory


Expected results:
Python3 is used to create a __pycache__ directory


Additional info:
Can be worked around by adding BuildRequires: python
My assumption is most packages contain python and python3 components, and thus bring the python2 interpretor into the buildroot for the python3 components.

Comment 1 Spencer Jackson 2011-12-30 17:09:05 UTC

Ahh, wait. I just realized I wasn't familiar with bash string operators. Setting %global __python %{__python3} resolves the issue. Closing.