Bug#1009417: saga: FTBFS: configure: error: cannot import Python module "distutils".

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

On 4/12/22 20:23, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
>> checking for python script directory (pythondir)... ${PYTHON_PREFIX}/lib/python3.10/site-packages
>> checking for python extension module directory (pyexecdir)... ${PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX}/lib/python3.10/site-packages
>> checking for python3.10... (cached) /usr/bin/python3
>> checking for a version of Python >= '2.1.0'... yes
>> checking for the distutils Python package... no
>> configure: error: cannot import Python module "distutils".
>> Please check your Python installation. The error was:
>> <string>:1: DeprecationWarning: The distutils package is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.12. Use setuptools or check PEP 632 for potential alternatives

Johan can you fix this (upstream)?

And has the mRMR license issue been addressed upstream to unblock 
updating the package to 8.x?

Kind Regards,

Bas

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