Re: Updating to the latest version of python with choco causes a failure

[Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com>]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2019 at 17:37, Maynard, Chris via Wireshark-dev <
wireshark-dev () wireshark org> wrote:

> I updated all choco packages including python3, but when “choco install
> python3” was run according to the latest instructions in the developer’s
> guide[1], it installed Python 3.8.0, which caused a failure:
>
> CMake Error at cmake/modules/LocatePythonModule.cmake:47 (message):
>   Could NOT find python module asn2wrs
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
>   cmake/modules/UseAsn2Wrs.cmake:11 (locate_python_module)
>   epan/dissectors/asn1/HI2Operations/CMakeLists.txt:34 (ASN2WRS)
>
> I uninstalled Python 3.8.0 (choco uninstall python3) and installed the
> latest 3.7 release instead, currently 3.7.5[2] via: choco install python
> –version=3.7.5
>
> I think it might be a good idea to update the developer’s guide to specify
> the exact python version to install?  Of course the downside of specifying
> the version is that when newer versions are released, the user won’t get
> it, but will get the older version instead, so maybe it’s better if someone
> could figure out how to fix the build so it works with Python 3.8, if
> possible?  By the way, the buildbot is using Python 3.7.4, in case anyone
> cares to update it?
>
> Or something was wrong with my environment which caused it to fail?  Maybe
> someone would care to update their version of Python to see if they get the
> same results as I did with Python 3.8.0?

Python 3.8 installed via choco works for me.  Did you fix up or delete your
CMakeCache.txt file from a previous python version?

-- 
Graham Bloice

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