prereq-build: require python3-distutils

Debian and Ubuntu ship a python3-minimal package which does not include the distutils module. This is not supported by upstream and can be considered a broken python distribution. In practice, many scripts depend on said module, and this is a reoccuring pain point for building various OpenWrt packages. Require and check for said module, enough time has been wasted on this. Signed-off-by: Andre Heider <[email protected]>
adimgong · Dec 20, 2021 · a74921f · a74921f
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diff --git a/include/prereq-build.mk b/include/prereq-build.mk
@@ -170,6 +170,10 @@ $(eval $(call SetupHostCommand,python3,Please install Python >= 3.6, \
 	python3.6 -V 2>&1 | grep 'Python 3', \
 	python3 -V 2>&1 | grep -E 'Python 3\.[6-9]\.?'))
 
+$(eval $(call TestHostCommand,python3-distutils, \
+	Please install the Python3 distutils module, \
+	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/python3 -c 'import distutils'))
+
 $(eval $(call SetupHostCommand,git,Please install Git (git-core) >= 1.7.12.2, \
 	git --exec-path | xargs -I % -- grep -q -- --recursive %/git-submodule))