[Python-talk] building rpms using the distutils package

[Lloyd Kvam]

I tried to make an RPM for the demjson module.  The bug report is here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440354

It was a duplicate of this bug report here:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236535

There is a fairly long commentary.  My quick summary:

        Python can be run with a -O (optimize) parameter.  This can
        result in the creation of .pyo files.  Normal user accounts will
        not have the permissions to create the .pyo files in system
        directories and SELINUX is likely to complain.  The
        redhat-rpm-config package forces the creation of the .pyo file
        as part of the process of building the RPM.  However, the SPEC
        file that distutils creates does not mention the .pyo file.  So
        the final check refuses to build the rpm because there is an
        extra file that's not properly listed.
        
        comment #20 near the bottom of bug 236535 shows the simple
        addition to bdist_rpm.py that will produce a SPEC file that
        includes the .pyo.
        
I'm not sure why this patch is not part of the normal fedora Python
package.  That patch worked for me.

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