Hi,

I have never heard of “ply” before, but it is a lever for Python.

However, it does not matter because we don’t need it anyways…

-Michael

> On 1 Mar 2019, at 19:45, Matthias Fischer <matthias.fischer(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On 01.03.2019 18:31, Michael Tremer wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>>> On 1 Mar 2019, at 17:28, Matthias Fischer <matthias.fischer(a)ipfire.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Building current 'bind 9.11.6' suddenly fails with the following errors:
>>> 
>>> ***SNIP***
>>> checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
>>> checking for python... no
>>> checking for python3... no
>>> checking for python3.7... no
>>> checking for python3.6... no
>>> checking for python3.5... no
>>> checking for python3.4... no
>>> checking for python3.3... no
>>> checking for python3.2... no
>>> checking for python2... no
>>> checking for python2.7... no
>>> checking for Python support... no
>>> configure: error: Python required for dnssec-keymgr
>>> make: *** [bind:76: /usr/src/log/bind-9.11.6] Error 1
>>> ***SNAP***
>> 
>> We have python 2.7 which should be found here. Probably bind is built before Python is built?
> 
> It is. I tried building it *after* Python, but: see below.
> 
>> Have a look in config.log what went wrong during detection...
> 
> ***SNIP***
> ...
> checking for python2... /usr/bin/python2
> checking if /usr/bin/python2 is python2 version >= 2.7 or python3
> version >= 3.2... yes
> checking Python module 'argparse'... yes
> checking Python module 'ply'... no
> checking for python2.7... /usr/bin/python2.7
> checking if /usr/bin/python2.7 is python2 version >= 2.7 or python3
> version >= 3.2... yes
> checking Python module 'argparse'... yes
> checking Python module 'ply'... no
> checking for Python support... no
> configure: error: Python required for dnssec-keymgr
> make: *** [bind:76: /usr/src/log/bind-9.11.6] Error 1
> ...
> ***SNAP***
> 
> What is meant with "module 'ply'"? I can't find it.
> 
>>> Sorry, I'm not sure: do we need 'dnssec-keymgr'? Or should I compile
>>> bind with '--without-python’?
>> 
>> No, we do not need that tool. We don’t use bind to sign any DNSSEC zones.
> 
> Ok. Adding '--without-python'.
> 
>>> Excerpt from 'configure'-help:
>>> "# Python is also optional but required by default so that dnssec-keymgr
>>> # gets installed unless explicitly prevented by the user using
>>> # --without-python.”
>> 
>> I guess disabling works.
> 
> Yes. It does:
> 
> ***SNIP***
> ...
> checking for Python support... disabled
> ...
> ***SNAP***
> 
> ;-)
> 
> Best,
> Matthias