Hello,
I am on AIX 73 with the latest dnf. I have installed:
# dnf list | egrep -i ffi
libffi.ppc 3.4.4-2 @AIX_Toolbox
libffi-devel.ppc 3.4.4-2 @AIX_Toolbox
python3-cffi.ppc 1.13.2-2 @AIX_Toolbox
python3.9-cffi.ppc 1.13.2-2 @AIX_Toolbox
When I install a package via pip3, I get the following errors:
Collecting pynacl>=1.5 (from paramiko>=1.12->ReviewBoard)
Using cached PyNaCl-1.5.0.tar.gz (3.4 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
exit code: 1
[38 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/opt/python3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/opt/python3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
File "/usr/opt/python3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 149, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
return hook(metadata_directory, config_settings)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 366, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
self.run_setup()
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 311, in run_setup
exec(code, locals())
File "<string>", line 202, in <module>
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 103, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/core.py", line 147, in setup
_setup_distribution = dist = klass(attrs)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 303, in __init__
_Distribution.__init__(self, dist_attrs)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/_distutils/dist.py", line 283, in __init__
self.finalize_options()
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 654, in finalize_options
ep(self)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/setuptools/dist.py", line 674, in _finalize_setup_keywords
ep.load()(self, ep.name, value)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cffi/setuptools_ext.py", line 216, in cffi_modules
add_cffi_module(dist, cffi_module)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cffi/setuptools_ext.py", line 49, in add_cffi_module
execfile(build_file_name, mod_vars)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cffi/setuptools_ext.py", line 25, in execfile
exec(code, glob, glob)
File "src/bindings/build.py", line 35, in <module>
ffi = FFI()
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/cffi/api.py", line 48, in __init__
import _cffi_backend as backend
ImportError: 0509-022 Cannot load module /tmp/pip-build-env-ec4edbc1/overlay/lib/python3.9/site-packages/_cffi_backend.cpython-39.so.
0509-150 Dependent module libffi.a(libffi.so.8) could not be loaded.
0509-022 Cannot load module libffi.a(libffi.so.8).
0509-026 System error: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.
[end of output]
I have contacted the package owner and they feel this is a libffi issue. Looking at the libffi.a library, I see libffi.so.8 is there:
# ar -X any -t /opt/freeware/lib/libffi.a
libffi.so.8
libffi.so.8
libffi.so.6
libffi.so.6
Although it does seem odd to see 2 of the same module listed.
Any ideas/suggestions?
Thanks - Grover
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Grover Davidson
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