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Bug 1538657 - rpm-build package needs Python 2
Summary: rpm-build package needs Python 2
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: rpm
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
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Assignee: Packaging Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: PYTHON3
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Reported: 2018-01-25 14:47 UTC by Iryna Shcherbina
Modified: 2018-01-31 14:29 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: rpm-4.14.1-6.fc28
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Last Closed: 2018-01-31 14:29:16 UTC
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Description Iryna Shcherbina 2018-01-25 14:47:33 UTC 
The rpm-build RPM started to require Python 2 since version 4.14.1-2.

This happened because `python-macro-helper` script was added to the package. The script has #!/usr/bin/python shebang which generates this dependency. Can it be switched to #!/usr/bin/python3?
Comment 1 Miro Hrončok 2018-01-31 13:36:39 UTC 
The script actually doesn't need a shebang because it's never invoked as `.../python-macro-helper` but always as `%{__python} ... .../python-macro-helper`.

I reported that upstream already as https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/issues/387

However here in Fedora this pulls python2 into the default buildroot once again, so the problem is more severe.
Comment 2 Miro Hrončok 2018-01-31 14:22:14 UTC 
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/rpm/pull-request/11
Comment 3 Panu Matilainen 2018-01-31 14:29:16 UTC 
Fixed in rpm-4.14.1-6.fc28
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