Bug 2439298 - gnulib unusable due to missing /usr/bin/.gnulib-tool.py
Summary: gnulib unusable due to missing /usr/bin/.gnulib-tool.py
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Status: NEW
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Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnulib
Version: epel10
Hardware: Unspecified
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Assignee: Mosaab Alzoubi
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 2370918
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Reported: 2026-02-12 10:43 UTC by Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski
Modified: 2026-03-12 20:18 UTC (History)
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Description Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 2026-02-12 10:43:35 UTC
Description of problem:
gnulib is unusable for building other packages because it fails to run.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gnulib-0-55.20251223git.el10_2

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. gnulib-tool --avoid=xalloc-die --add-import pthread utimens warnings timespec-add timespec-sub dtotimespec stat-time lstat malloc-gnu fprintf-posix inttypes xalloc largefile gitlog-to-changelog

Actual results:
python3: can't open file '/usr/bin/.gnulib-tool.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory

Expected results:
Successful gnulib-tool execution.

Additional info:
lbzip2 depends on gnulib and fails to build on EPEL10: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/lbzip2/pull-request/1 .

Comment 1 Sergio Basto 2026-03-12 20:18:55 UTC
I managed to fix the build for rawhide with this PR and gnulib now runs correctly as well:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gnulib/pull-request/3


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