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Hi

We are currently running Scientific Linux on our cluster and use the
sl:7 docker container for a lot of CI testing, a few days ago a lot
of our CI tests started failing due to the inability to install the
python-devel package. I did some testing and managed to find a
simple test case that reproduces the problem:

- -> % podman run --pull=always -it sl:7
Trying to pull docker.io/library/sl:7...
Getting image source signatures
Copying blob 59be490dd3b4 [--------------------------------------]
0.0b / 0.0b
Copying config 7a1ff3f0bf done
Writing manifest to image destination
Storing signatures
[root@73f9ce4412a7 /]# yum install python-devel
Loaded plugins: ovl
repos                                                    | 2.6 kB
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sl                                                       | 3.8 kB
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sl-fastbugs                                              | 2.9 kB
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sl-security                                              | 2.9 kB
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(1/8): repos/x86_64/primary_db                             | 8.2 kB
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(2/8): sl-fastbugs/x86_64/updateinfo                       | 6.3 kB
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(3/8): sl-security/x86_64/updateinfo                       | 8.8 kB
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(4/8): sl-fastbugs/x86_64/primary_db                       | 131 kB
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(5/8): sl/x86_64/group_gz                                  | 107 kB
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(6/8): sl-security/x86_64/primary_db                       | 1.1 MB
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(7/8): sl/x86_64/primary_db                                | 4.6 MB
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(8/8): sl/x86_64/updateinfo                                | 3.4 MB
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Resolving Dependencies
- --> Running transaction check
- ---> Package python-devel.x86_64 0:2.7.5-89.el7 will be installed
- --> Processing Dependency: python(x86-64) = 2.7.5-89.el7 for
package: python-devel-2.7.5-89.el7.x86_64
- --> Processing Dependency: python-rpm-macros > 3-30 for package:
python-devel-2.7.5-89.el7.x86_64
- --> Processing Dependency: python2-rpm-macros > 3-30 for package:
python-devel-2.7.5-89.el7.x86_64
- --> Running transaction check
- ---> Package python-devel.x86_64 0:2.7.5-89.el7 will be installed
- --> Processing Dependency: python(x86-64) = 2.7.5-89.el7 for
package: python-devel-2.7.5-89.el7.x86_64
- ---> Package python-rpm-macros.noarch 0:3-34.el7 will be installed
- --> Processing Dependency: python-srpm-macros for package:
python-rpm-macros-3-34.el7.noarch
- ---> Package python2-rpm-macros.noarch 0:3-34.el7 will be installed
- --> Running transaction check
- ---> Package python-devel.x86_64 0:2.7.5-89.el7 will be installed
- --> Processing Dependency: python(x86-64) = 2.7.5-89.el7 for
package: python-devel-2.7.5-89.el7.x86_64
- ---> Package python-srpm-macros.noarch 0:3-34.el7 will be installed
- --> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: python-devel-2.7.5-89.el7.x86_64 (sl)
           Requires: python(x86-64) = 2.7.5-89.el7
           Installed: python-2.7.18-2.el7.x86_64 (installed)
               python(x86-64) = 2.7.18-2.el7
           Available: python-2.7.5-89.el7.x86_64 (sl)
               python(x86-64) = 2.7.5-89.el7
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
[root@73f9ce4412a7 /]#

it looks like the python-devel package is not from the same build as
the python package so therefore can't be installed.

I know that Python2 is no longer supported upstream, we are actively
working on our port to Python3 but it's not quite there yet.

When can we expect the python-devel package to be updated?

Cheers

Adam
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