> On 15 Nov 2022, at 01:25, Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> wrote: > On 2022-11-14 14:23:02 +0100, Daniel Gustafsson wrote
>> Installing the distutils package fixes it, but it seems harsh to fail setup >> on >> a missing package. Would something like the attached make sense? > > The error is a bit better in newer versions of meson: > meson.build:986: WARNING: <PythonExternalProgram 'python3' -> > ['/usr/bin/python3']> is not a valid python or it is missing distutils > but we do still error out weirdly afterwards. > > We probably should report this to the meson folks regardless of us working > around it or not. Thats better, but I wish meson could be more specific since it at that point should know if Python works at all or is missing distutils. > Perhaps worth simplifying a bit. What do you think about: > > ... Agreed, that's a better version. The attached version with a disabler object is even more to the point, and seems to works on my box both with and without distutils and libpython. Is this the correct way to use disablers? -- Daniel Gustafsson https://vmware.com/
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