gdb version too old - needs python2.7

[anm]

I can't run esp32 gdb because python2.7 is too old for my OS.
Installing the latest version direct from espressif works.

I've seen other people encountering this problem on platformio forums too.

[Jason2866]

I have nowhere an issue not using python v2.7 with GDB

[calint]

Same problem in Ubuntu 24.04.

[arduhe]

I would really appreciate if this could be fixed soon. This ancient version of python2 - support for Python 2 ended Jan. 1, 2020 see announcement on python.org - may be a security risk.

[Jason2866]

What is the exact issue? What command is not working without Python2?

[arduhe]

ldd xtensa-esp32-elf-gdb
        linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffc70f64000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f4d1d2f2000)
        **libpython2.7.so.1.0** => /usr/lib64/libpython2.7.so.1.0 (0x00007f4d1d0a7000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f4d1d083000)
        libutil.so.1 => /lib64/libutil.so.1 (0x00007f4d1d07f000)
        libm.so.6 => /lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007f4d1cf33000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007f4d1ccec000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007f4d1ccc8000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f4d1cad1000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f4d1d339000)

gdb is linked dynamically against V2 of libpython. Several distros do no longer offer V2 - so you have either to install it manuallly - as I did longer ago (and forgot that fact until today 😉) - or you get an error message due to the missing lib.

I saw in the meantime that @valeros has upgraded the python version in CI to 3.9 - so I am little bit optimistic
that the next release fixes this isuue

[Jason2866]

Ahh, you are using the old version

[arduhe]

Not voluntary 😆

[calint]

I am using the latest PlatformIO (6.1.15) and have the same issue.

The Python 2 library that is no longer available in Ubuntu 24.04.