Re: [PATCH 02/12] tests: add Python3.12 to centos9.docker

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 09:09:03AM -0400, John Snow wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2026, 4:19 AM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 8/24/26 09:38, marcandre.lureau@redhat.com wrote:
> > >> While we recently upgraded to Python 3.11 for the CentOS 9 container,
> > >> upgrade it even further to Python 3.12.
> > >>
> > >> Signed-off-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>
> > >> Message-ID: <20260824052859.880475-3-jsnow@redhat.com>
> > >>
> > >> diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos9.docker
> > b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos9.docker
> > >> index 6f5c400c2db1..8bfce395f9d7 100644
> > >> --- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos9.docker
> > >> +++ b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/centos9.docker
> > >> @@ -96,10 +96,10 @@ RUN dnf --quiet distro-sync -y && \
> > >>                   pkgconfig \
> > >>                   pulseaudio-libs-devel \
> > >>                   python3-tomli \
> > >> -                python3.11 \
> > >> -                python3.11-pip \
> > >> -                python3.11-setuptools \
> > >> -                python3.11-wheel \
> > >> +                python3.12 \
> > >> +                python3.12-pip \
> > >> +                python3.12-setuptools \
> > >> +                python3.12-wheel \
> > >>                   rdma-core-devel \
> > >>                   rust \
> > >>                   rust-std-static \
> > >> @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ RUN dnf --quiet distro-sync -y && \
> > >>       ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/clang && \
> > >>       ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/gcc
> > >>
> > >> -RUN /usr/bin/pip3.11 install \
> > >> +RUN /usr/bin/pip3.12 install \
> > >>                        numpy \
> > >>                        opencv-python \
> > >>                        sphinx \
> > >> @@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ ENV
> > CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR="/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
> > >>   ENV LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
> > >>   ENV MAKE="/usr/bin/make"
> > >>   ENV NINJA="/usr/bin/ninja"
> > >> -ENV PYTHON="/usr/bin/python3.11"
> > >> +ENV PYTHON="/usr/bin/python3.12"
> > >>   # As a final step configure the user (if env is defined)
> > >>   ARG USER
> > >>   ARG UID
> > >> diff --git a/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml b/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
> > >> index 2b317e0a61c5..5c56e4aca1b0 100644
> > >> --- a/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
> > >> +++ b/tests/lcitool/mappings.yml
> > >> @@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ mappings:
> > >>       Ubuntu2204:
> > >>
> > >>     python3:
> > >> -    CentOSStream9: python3.11
> > >> +    CentOSStream9: python3.12
> > >>
> > >>     python3-devel:
> > >> -    CentOSStream9: python3.11-devel
> > >> +    CentOSStream9: python3.21-devel
> > Or drop it altogether, it seems not to be needed?
> >
> > Paolo
> >
> 
> Hah! Oops. Surprised that worked, but it does tell us something, eh?

Yes:

$ git grep python3-devel tests/lcitool/projects/


tells us that 'python3-devel' is not referenced in our definition
for QEMU as a build-dep, so in turn we don't need a mapping for it.

With regards,
Daniel
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