[Samba] Trying to build Samba from source on RHEL 8

[Flynn, Garrett S RTX]

Hi,

I'm trying to build Samba from source on a RHEL version 8 server.  I installed all the necessary packages and untarred the source for Samba version 4.6.10.
In the past I have been able to successfully build and install Samba version 4.13.17 on a RHEL version 7 server with Python2.
Here I believe I am using Python3, but I cannot seem to get past the configure command:

[root at v2ecsqapp09 samba-4.16.10]# ./configure
Setting top to                           : /usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10
Setting out to                           : /usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/bin
Checking for 'gcc' (C compiler)          : /bin/gcc
Checking for program 'git'               : not found
Checking for c flags '-MMD'              : Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Utils.py", line 831, in wrap
    return cache[k]
KeyError: (<samba_waf18.ConfigurationContext object at 0x7f08a69dc160>,)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Utils.py", line 831, in wrap
    return cache[k]
KeyError: (<samba_waf18.ConfigurationContext object at 0x7f08a69dc160>,)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Context.py", line 296, in recurse
    user_function(self)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Utils.py", line 833, in wrap
    ret = fun(*k)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/buildtools/wafsamba/wscript", line 309, in configure
    conf.load('gccdeps')
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Configure.py", line 271, in load
    func(self)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/extras/gccdeps.py", line 226, in configure
    conf.check(fragment='int main() { return 0; }', features='c force_gccdeps', cflags=flags, msg='Checking for c flags %r' % ''.join(flags))
  File "./buildtools/wafsamba/samba_utils.py", line 66, in fun
    return f(*k, **kw)
  File "./buildtools/wafsamba/samba_waf18.py", line 177, in check
    ret = self.run_build(*k, **kw)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Configure.py", line 317, in fun
    return f(*k, **kw)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Configure.py", line 552, in run_build
    h = Utils.h_list(buf)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Utils.py", line 608, in h_list
    return md5(repr(lst).encode()).digest()
TypeError: __init__() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Context.py", line 296, in recurse
    user_function(self)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Utils.py", line 833, in wrap
    ret = fun(*k)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/lib/replace/wscript", line 30, in configure
    conf.RECURSE('buildtools/wafsamba')
  File "./buildtools/wafsamba/samba_utils.py", line 66, in fun
    return f(*k, **kw)
  File "./buildtools/wafsamba/samba_utils.py", line 469, in RECURSE
    return ctx.recurse(relpath)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Context.py", line 298, in recurse
    self.post_recurse(node)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Configure.py", line 285, in post_recurse
    self.hash = Utils.h_list((self.hash, node.read('rb')))
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Utils.py", line 608, in h_list
    return md5(repr(lst).encode()).digest()
TypeError: __init__() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Context.py", line 296, in recurse
    user_function(self)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/wscript", line 163, in configure
    conf.RECURSE('lib/replace')
  File "./buildtools/wafsamba/samba_utils.py", line 66, in fun
    return f(*k, **kw)
  File "./buildtools/wafsamba/samba_utils.py", line 469, in RECURSE
    return ctx.recurse(relpath)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Context.py", line 298, in recurse
    self.post_recurse(node)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Configure.py", line 285, in post_recurse
    self.hash = Utils.h_list((self.hash, node.read('rb')))
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Utils.py", line 608, in h_list
    return md5(repr(lst).encode()).digest()
TypeError: __init__() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Scripting.py", line 159, in waf_entry_point
    run_commands()
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Scripting.py", line 255, in run_commands
    ctx = run_command(cmd_name)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Scripting.py", line 239, in run_command
    ctx.execute()
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Configure.py", line 159, in execute
    super(ConfigurationContext, self).execute()
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Context.py", line 214, in execute
    self.recurse([os.path.dirname(g_module.root_path)])
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Context.py", line 298, in recurse
    self.post_recurse(node)
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Configure.py", line 285, in post_recurse
    self.hash = Utils.h_list((self.hash, node.read('rb')))
  File "/usr/local/src/Samba/samba-4.16.10/third_party/waf/waflib/Utils.py", line 608, in h_list
    return md5(repr(lst).encode()).digest()
TypeError: __init__() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

I need to get this working to support a ClearCase environment and I would appreciate any advice.


Thanks,
Garrett