Upgrading built-in Python from Python 3.12 to Python 3.14 (#39) #78

roddyrap · 2025-11-14T15:48:05Z

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This is helpful to manually run in the docker and then regenerate configure files for the different submodules. It's not used automatically.

I assume some of the depended modules' internal imports changed.

guyush1

Awesome! looking forward to merge this, just have a look over my comments :P

guyush1 · 2025-11-14T20:15:19Z

Dockerfile

    pkg-config \
-    python3.12 \
    python3-pip \
+    software-properties-common \


Could you keep the list alphabetically ordered (also need to move libtool as well haha)

guyush1 · 2025-11-14T20:23:29Z

src/compilation/build.sh


    # Having a python-config file is an indication that we successfully built python.
-    if [[ -f "$python_lib_dir/python-config" ]]; then
+    if [[ -f "$python_lib_dir/python-config" && -f "$python_lib_dir/libpython3.14.a" ]]; then


try to make it generic by fetching the python version via python --version or which pythonX (might need to create a symlink so that it's name won't change each time we change a version, but you get the gist)

EDIT - even a global variable exported in the dockerfile is more then fine by me :)

guyush1 · 2025-11-14T20:23:55Z

src/compilation/build.sh

    export MODULE_BUILDTYPE="static"
    export CONFIG_SITE="$python_dir/config.site-static"
-    >&2 CFLAGS="-static" LDFLAGS="-static" ../configure \
+    >&2 CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -static" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -static -llzma" ../configure \


LOL good catch

guyush1 · 2025-11-14T20:26:36Z

src/compilation/build.sh

        --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu \
        --host=$HOST \
-        --with-build-python=/usr/bin/python3.12 \
+        --with-build-python=/usr/bin/python3.14 \


same comment as before about making it generic

guyush1 · 2025-11-14T20:26:51Z

src/compilation/build.sh

    # Regenerate frozen modules with gdb env varaible. Do it after the configure because we need
    # the `regen-frozen` makefile.
-    >&2 python3.12 ../Tools/build/freeze_modules.py
+    >&2 python3.14 ../Tools/build/freeze_modules.py


guyush1 · 2025-11-14T20:32:58Z

src/compilation/install_autoconf.sh

I do not see anyone using this specific script.
I remember we talked (quiet a while ago) about not having the latest autoconf available giving you issues with issue #63
Is this script related to that?

Anyhow, please document the purpose of this script :)

guyush1 · 2025-11-14T20:33:34Z

src/compilation/install_autoconf.sh

+
+# Example: "2.10"
+AUTOCONF_VERSION="${1}"
+if [ -z "${AUTOCONF_VERSION}" ]; then


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if [ -z "${AUTOCONF_VERSION}" ]; then

if [[ -z "${AUTOCONF_VERSION}" ]]; then

guyush1 · 2025-11-14T20:35:07Z

src/compilation/frozen_python_modules.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 _aix_support
+_colorize


could you tag the needed modules for GEF via a comment - i don't want them getting removed accidentally in the future (thank you for not remembering it :) )

guyush1 · 2025-11-14T20:48:17Z

src/submodule_packages/cpython-static

Looking good 💯

EDIT: btw, since you added expat, we can add ncurses as well, no? we already support it in gdb static just like expat

guyush1 · 2025-11-14T21:20:34Z

@roddyrap when trying to use GEF.py with an ARM build, i got the following error:
Error occurred in Python: No module named '_ctypes'
does not replicate in an x86 build.

In fact, here is an easier replication of the bug:

gdb> python
import _ctypes
CTRL+D

There should be an error in a non-x86 build (or at the very least in arm).

could you look at that?

guyush1 · 2025-11-14T21:22:27Z

NOTE: this MR closes #39

roddyrap · 2025-11-14T21:24:27Z

@roddyrap when trying to use GEF.py with an ARM build, i got the following error:
Error occurred in Python: No module named '_ctypes'
does not replicate in an x86 build.

In fact, here is an easier replication of the bug:
gdb> python
import _ctypes
CTRL+D
There should be an error in a non-x86 build (or at the very least in arm).

could you look at that?

Ah yikes, yeah I'll check it out

guyush1 · 2025-11-22T18:57:08Z

@roddyrap any updates on this?

roddyrap added 3 commits November 14, 2025 17:37

Upgrading static python to python3.14

4cc2d25

Added custom autoconf installer

94de645

This is helpful to manually run in the docker and then regenerate configure files for the different submodules. It's not used automatically.

Re-added modules needed for gef support

7a7c515

I assume some of the depended modules' internal imports changed.

guyush1 requested changes Nov 14, 2025

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	if [ -z "${AUTOCONF_VERSION}" ]; then
	if [[ -z "${AUTOCONF_VERSION}" ]]; then

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