Test: python312-3.12.8-1

[Marco Atzeri]

On 08/01/2026 21:45, Jon Turney via Cygwin wrote:
> On 30/12/2024 13:53, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-announce wrote:
>> New test release for
>>
>>      python312    3.12.8-1
>>
> Hi Marco,
> 
> Just came across something a bit odd when trying to update the libsolv 
> package:
> 
> That uses sysconfig.get_path('platlib') to determine where to install 
> the python binding, which returns a path in /usr/local.
> 
>> $ python3.12 -m sysconfig | head -n 14 -
>> Platform: "cygwin-3.7.0-x86_64"
>> Python version: "3.12"
>> Current installation scheme: "posix_prefix"
>>
>> Paths:
>>         data = "/usr/local"
>>         include = "/usr/include/python3.12"
>>         platinclude = "/usr/include/python3.12"
>>         platlib = "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages"
>>         platstdlib = "/usr/local/lib/python3.12"
>>         purelib = "/usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages"
>>         scripts = "/usr/local/bin"
>>         stdlib = "/usr/lib/python3.12"
> 
> which seems strange when compared with:
> 
>> $ python3.9 -m sysconfig | head -n 14 -
>> Platform: "cygwin-3.7.0-x86_64"
>> Python version: "3.9"
>> Current installation scheme: "posix_prefix"
>>
>> Paths:
>>         data = "/usr"
>>         include = "/usr/include/python3.9"
>>         platinclude = "/usr/include/python3.9"
>>         platlib = "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages"
>>         platstdlib = "/usr/lib/python3.9"
>>         purelib = "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages"
>>         scripts = "/usr/bin"
>>         stdlib = "/usr/lib/python3.9"
> 
> Is this change intentional?
> 

No, and it does seems to not come from Fedora patches.

I will look on next week for a new 3.12.12-2 release

Regards
Marco