lxml with python-3.12.0a5

[Robin Becker]

On 23/02/2023 18:09, Mats Wichmann wrote:
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>> I seem to always have trouble with lxml (which I know doesn't help).
>>
>> The cause would seem to be this:
>>
>>      GH-101291: Refactor the `PyLongObject` struct into object header and PyLongValue struct. (GH-101292)
> 
> So it looks to me like cython was affected, and has patched themselves. It's possible regenerating with a patched cython 
> will clear up the build problem (something which the lxml project takes pains to tell you that you don't really want to 
> do :)
Thanks Mats,

I build a cython wheel from git latest and after installing into python-3.12.0a5 I used latest lxml source and

  python setup.py bdist_wheel --with-cython

which built without error. The installed lxml seems fine (at least for reportlab tests).
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Robin Becker