The '--disable-python' option could not work.
Summary
The '--disable-python' option could not work.
BIND version used
9.11.7
Steps to reproduce
yum erase python-ply
./configure --disable-python
What is the current bug behavior?
Could not build the bind on system CentOS 6/7 without python-ply.
What is the expected correct behavior?
./configure --without-python
or
./configure --with-python=no
Relevant configuration files
(N/A)
Relevant logs and/or screenshots
[root@localhost bind-9.11.7]# ./configure --disable-python
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --disable-python
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables...
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /usr/bin/sed
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking for fgrep... /usr/bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for gawk... gawk
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /usr/bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /usr/bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for mt... no
checking if : is a manifest tool... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... no
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for getrandom... no
checking for ar... /usr/bin/ar
checking for etags... no
checking for emacs-etags... no
checking for perl5... no
checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl
checking for python... /usr/bin/python
checking if /usr/bin/python is python2 version >= 2.7 or python3 version >= 3.2... yes
checking Python module 'argparse'... yes
checking Python module 'ply'... 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... /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 >= 2.7 or >= 3.2 and the PLY package are required for dnssec-keymgr and other Python-based tools. PLY may be available from your OS package manager as python-ply or python3-ply; it can also be installed via pip. To build without Python/PLY, use --disable-python.
Possible fixes
[root@localhost bind-9.11.7]# diff configure.ac_orig configure.ac
320c320
< Python/PLY, use --disable-python.]
---
> Python/PLY, use --without-python.]
- < Python/PLY, use --disable-python.]
- > Python/PLY, use --without-python.]