We had a bug report that dnssec-checkds, dnssec-coverage and dnssec-keymgr where not being installed by default and yes, that is a bug. You can choose not to install them by specifying -—with-python=no to configure.
The configure message is saying that you don’t have the “ply" python module installed. You need to install it. Mark > On 2 Mar 2019, at 7:13 am, Larry Stone <lston...@stonejongleux.com> wrote: > > I’m trying to build the just released BIND 9.12.4 on a Macintosh running > Mojave (10.14.3). Same results on one running High Sierra (10.13.6). > > Running configure, I get an error checking for python: > checking for python... /usr/bin/python > checking if /usr/bin/python is python2 version >= 2.7 or python3 version >= > 3.2... yes > checking Python module 'argparse'... yes > checking Python module 'ply'... no > checking for python3... no > checking for python3.7... no > checking for python3.6... no > checking for python3.5... no > checking for python3.4... no > checking for python3.3... no > checking for python3.2... no > checking for python2... no > checking for python2.7... /usr/bin/python2.7 > checking if /usr/bin/python2.7 is python2 version >= 2.7 or python3 version > >= 3.2... yes > checking Python module 'argparse'... yes > checking Python module 'ply'... no > checking for Python support... no > configure: error: Python required for dnssec-keymgr > > If I try the same thing with 9.12.3-P4, it configures OK. The relevant output > is: > checking for python... /usr/bin/python > checking python2 version >= 2.7 or python3 version >= 3.2... found > checking python module 'argparse'... found > checking python module 'ply'... not found > checking for python3... no > checking for python3.5... no > checking for python3.4... no > checking for python3.3... no > checking for python3.2... no > checking for python2... no > checking for python2.7... /usr/bin/python2.7 > checking python2 version >= 2.7 or python3 version >= 3.2... found > checking python module 'argparse'... found > checking python module 'ply'... not found > checking for python support... disabled > > /usr/bin/python -V returns Python 2.7.10. I don’t know why even for 9.12.3-P4 > which configures OK it says python support … disabled. > > I’m not seeing anything in the Release Notes about a change in Python > requirements. Python is the version distributed with MacOS by Apple. > > -- > Larry Stone > lston...@stonejongleux.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe > from this list > > bind-users mailing list > bind-users@lists.isc.org > https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users