2.3.5 SRPM fails to build without tkinter installed

[zodiac]

BPO	1248997
Nosy	@loewis, @birkenfeld

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2006-04-12.15:21:35.000>
created_at = <Date 2005-07-31.21:04:53.000>
labels = ['expert-tkinter']
title = '2.3.5 SRPM fails to build without tkinter installed'
updated_at = <Date 2006-04-12.15:21:35.000>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/zodiac'

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activity = <Date 2006-04-12.15:21:35.000>
actor = 'georg.brandl'
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closed = True
closed_date = None
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components = ['Tkinter']
creation = <Date 2005-07-31.21:04:53.000>
creator = 'zodiac'
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issue_num = 1248997
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = None
status = 'closed'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1248997'
versions = ['Python 2.3']

[zodiac]

If tkinter isn't available, rpmbuild fails due to the
presence of unpackages files in usr/lib/python-2.3/lib-tk.

[jepler]

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I'd rather see the build-requires line of the spec file have
the required -devel packages listed, than fix the spec file
to detect whether they're available and possibly build a
python with reduced capabilities.

[loewis]

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Sounds good. Can you provide a patch?

[loewis]

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I don't think I will do anything about this anytime soon, so
unassigning myself.

[birkenfeld]

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This is a duplicate of bpo-1403221.