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?

Have a look in config.log what went wrong during detection...

> 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.

> 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.

> 
> I tried moving 'lfsmake2 bind' behind 'lfsmake2 python' and 'lfsmake2
> python3' in 'make.sh', but this didn't work.
> 
> Any hints would be appreciated.
> 
> Best,
> Matthias

-Michael