Bug 2416982 - Python 3.15: ImportError: /usr/lib64/python3.15/site-packages/astropy/io/ascii/cparser.cpython-315-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: undefined symbol: _PyByteArray_empty_string
Summary: Python 3.15: ImportError: /usr/lib64/python3.15/site-packages/astropy/io/asci...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: python-astropy
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Sergio Pascual
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: PYTHON3.15
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Reported: 2025-11-25 10:21 UTC by Karolina Surma
Modified: 2025-11-25 11:46 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2025-11-25 11:46:51 UTC
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Description Karolina Surma 2025-11-25 10:21:11 UTC
python-astropy-iers-data fails to build with Python 3.15.0a2, because a symbol used in python-astropy has been removed from Python.

E   ImportError: /usr/lib64/python3.15/site-packages/astropy/io/ascii/cparser.cpython-315-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: undefined symbol: _PyByteArray_empty_string

The symbol has been removed in: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/139871

https://docs.python.org/3.15/whatsnew/3.15.html

For the build logs, see:
https://copr-be.cloud.fedoraproject.org/results/@python/python3.15/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/09824793-python-astropy-iers-data/

For all our attempts to build python-astropy-iers-data with Python 3.15, see:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python3.15/package/python-astropy-iers-data/

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 3.15:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/python/python3.15/

Let us know here if you have any questions.

Python 3.15 is planned to be included in Fedora 45.
To make that update smoother, we're building Fedora packages with all pre-releases of Python 3.15.
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.

Comment 1 Karolina Surma 2025-11-25 11:46:51 UTC
This has been caused by building against an old build of astropy - not a bug.


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