python-crypto fails to build with Python 3.10.0a2. Traceback (most recent call last): File "build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.10/Crypto/SelfTest/Cipher/common.py", line 206, in runTest cipher = self.module.new(a2b_hex(self.key), self.module.MODE_CTR, counter=ctr) File "build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.10/Crypto/Cipher/AES.py", line 95, in new return AESCipher(key, *args, **kwargs) File "build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.10/Crypto/Cipher/AES.py", line 59, in __init__ blockalgo.BlockAlgo.__init__(self, _AES, key, *args, **kwargs) File "build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.10/Crypto/Cipher/blockalgo.py", line 139, in __init__ self._cipher = factory.new(key, *args, **kwargs) SystemError: PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN macro must be defined for '#' formats https://docs.python.org/3.10/whatsnew/3.10.html#id2 The PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN macro must now be defined to use PyArg_ParseTuple() and Py_BuildValue() formats which use #: es#, et#, s#, u#, y#, z#, U# and Z#. See Parsing arguments and building values and the PEP 353. https://docs.python.org/3.10/c-api/arg.html#arg-parsing https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0353 https://bugs.python.org/issue40943 For the build logs, see: https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/@python/python3.10/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/01757388-python-crypto/ For all our attempts to build python-crypto with Python 3.10, see: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python3.10/package/python-crypto/ Testing and mass rebuild of packages is happening in copr. You can follow these instructions to test locally in mock if your package builds with Python 3.10: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python3.10/ Let us know here if you have any questions. Python 3.10 will be included in Fedora 35. To make that update smoother, we're building Fedora packages with early pre-releases of Python 3.10. A build failure prevents us from testing all dependent packages (transitive [Build]Requires), so if this package is required a lot, it's important for us to get it fixed soon. We'd appreciate help from the people who know this package best, but if you don't want to work on this now, let us know so we can try to work around it on our side.
python-crypto is no longer maintained upstream but there is an active fork, python-pycryptodomex, which is also included in Fedora, and when that is fixed for this issue, I should be able to use the same fix for python-crypto. Of course it would be better if python-crypto users in Fedora migrated to python-pycryptodomex and then we could get rid of python-crypto altogether.
Hmm, looks like this code was refactored out of python-pycryptodomex a long time ago so I'll have to think again about what to do about this.
Looks like ansible does not build in our copr because pytohn3-crypto is missing. I'll check if the build dependency is really needed, because on runtime, it uses cryptography.
Ansible has tests that use this :( We could skip those, but I am not sure if safe. Bumping the severity here, ansible is important. Please let us know if you need help figuring out the fix.
Should be fixed in python-crypto-2.6.1-33.fc34
Thank You, Paul!