Lack of Distutils (deprecated since python 3.10, removed in 3.12) prevents building

[theofficialgman]

Bug Description

Distutils has been removed from python3 and can no longer be used. You need to modify the codebase to not depend on it. See the upstream documentation for transitioning to other APIs https://docs.python.org/3.10/whatsnew/3.10.html#distutils-deprecated

../meson.build:83:0: ERROR: <PythonExternalProgram 'python3' -> ['/usr/bin/python3']> is not a valid python or it is missing distutils

Expected Behavior

Ability to build on python 3.12+

xemu Version

latest git master

System Information

No response

Additional Context

No response

[mborgerson]

It's been fixed on deb packaging branch. Feel free to send me a pr elsewhere to update the dep

[theofficialgman]

It's been fixed on deb packaging branch. Feel free to send me a pr elsewhere to update the dep

Its most certainly not fixed. This doesn't work of course 721fca5 . Read the link posted. distutils has been entirely removed. It does not exist in a separate package either.

[theofficialgman]

I see no reason why the builtin python version comparison can't be used https://packaging.pypa.io/en/latest/version.html#packaging.version.Version

CC @elmarco as the author of this addition 73e6aec for correction to use some other supported method for version comparison

[mborgerson]

@theofficialgman xemu is a based on QEMU, and it looks like they have already migrated from distutils upstream. We are just a bit behind in versions. It'll get fixed eventually when I rebase again or when either I or someone else finds time to fix it before then. If you are very motivated, feel free to send a PR to fix the build in the mean time.