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Let's backport new RPM macros from Fedora to increase compatibility between RHEL8 and Fedora, and forward compatibility between RHEL8 and RHEL9.
Most important macros:
- %python2
- %python3
Also consider backporting:
- %py_provides
- %python3_platform_triplet
- %python3_ext_suffix
- %pycached
- %pytest
- and possibly others...
EPEL 8 has the following backports:
%python2
%python3
%py_shebang_fix
%py2_shebang_fix
%py3_shebang_fix
%python_platform_triplet
%python_ext_suffix
%python3_platform_triplet
%python3_ext_suffix
%python
%pycached
%__pytest
%pytest
%py_provides
You can find their definitions in https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/epel-rpm-macros/blob/epel8/f/macros.epel-rpm-macros
As far as I see it, there is only one problem - pathfix.py we have in the main Python package is too old and does not support `-k` and `-a` options so I'll need to backport these functionalities to the platform python before I can finish this.
Status update:
* We've decided to update pathfix.py in platform-python to support -ka options so we can have one universal shebang_fix macro implementation here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1917691
* We won't backport Python 2 macros.
It seems that the RHEL tests are copied from Fedora so the new macros can also be tested with the same tests from Fedora: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python-rpm-macros/blob/master/f/tests/test_evals.py
PR is reviewed and ready to be merged but I'd prefer to do it when the change for python3 is also ready.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory (python-rpm-macros bug fix and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2021:1923