[pybsddb] AArch64 debian issue with python berkeleydb bindings

[Markuss Broks]

Hi,

On 1/22/25 4:45 AM, Jesus Cea wrote:
> Hi, Markuss. Sorry for the delay in my reply, this is a best effort 
> project.
>
> Please, try this:
>
> 1. Download "berkeleydb-18.1.12". This is the most up to date released 
> version. Available here: <https://pypi.org/project/berkeleydb/>
>
> 2. Unpack the "tar.gz" file.
>
> 3. Replace file "setup3.py" in the unpacked directory with this 
> version: <https://hg.jcea.es/pybsddb/file/6d790568d214/setup3.py>. You 
> can click on the "raw" link at the left column.
>
> 4. Try to install the bindings running "pip3 install ." inside the 
> package directory.
>
> Let me know if this works. It should work on any Linux machine not 
> running x86/x86_64 now, but I could only try it on my (old) Raspberry PI.

What's special about x86? Seems to still work on my Arch desktop.

>
> If this test is successful I would do a "real" release.
>
> Thanks for your patience and your time invested triaging and testing 
> this issue.
>
```

$ pip3 install . --break-system-packages
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not 
writeable
Processing /home/ubuntu/berkeleydb-test/berkeleydb-18.1.12
   Installing build dependencies ... done
   Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
   Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Building wheels for collected packages: berkeleydb
   Building wheel for berkeleydb (pyproject.toml) ... done
   Created wheel for berkeleydb: 
filename=berkeleydb-18.1.12-cp312-cp312-linux_aarch64.whl size=279890 
sha256=a6dd1e498db5cd28bdcda588187a70183f96dd8f6b4764b66c2d13d811eddcfd
   Stored in directory: 
/home/ubuntu/.cache/pip/wheels/53/5b/23/35caaee0824984673efb72f60150df3a5498fc08fbc0012199
Successfully built berkeleydb
Installing collected packages: berkeleydb
   Attempting uninstall: berkeleydb
     Found existing installation: berkeleydb 18.1.12
     Uninstalling berkeleydb-18.1.12:
       Successfully uninstalled berkeleydb-18.1.12
Successfully installed berkeleydb-18.1.12

```

I can confirm it works now on aarch64 debian with the setup3.py 
replaced. Thanks for your time spent fixing this issue!

- Markuss