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RomanNikitenko · 2026-07-29T11:51:39Z

What does this PR do?

npm install fails during Docker build on linux-libc-ubi8.Dockerfile with:

/bin/sh: /usr/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py: /usr/bin/python3.8: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
make: *** [Makefile:343: Makefile] Error 126

Root cause: Red Hat's ubi8/nodejs-24 (and nodejs-22) images ship node-gyp's gyp_main.py with shebang #!/usr/bin/python3.8 (baked in by brp-mangle-shebangs during RPM build), but the actual Python in the image is 3.12 at /usr/bin/python3.

Fix: Add sed to rewrite the shebang to #!/usr/bin/python3 alongside the existing chmod +x in linux-libc-ubi8.Dockerfile

What issues does this PR fix?

https://redhat.atlassian.net/browse/CRW-12125

How to test this PR?

ubi8-based assembly should be built without errors

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- Updated Linux build environments to use the appropriate Python configuration.
- Improved native module build compatibility across supported enterprise Linux versions.
- Added essential archive, synchronization, and patching utilities to the Linux 9 build environment.

…nstall Signed-off-by: Roman Nikitenko <rnikiten@redhat.com> Assisted-by: Cursor AI

Both base images already ship a compatible Python: - ubi8/nodejs-22 has Python 3.12 (via Node.js RPM dependency) - ubi9/nodejs-22 has Python 3.9 (RHEL 9 platform python) node-gyp 11.5.0 supports both versions, so the explicit python3.9 install is unnecessary. Signed-off-by: Roman Nikitenko <rnikiten@redhat.com> Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

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coderabbitai · 2026-07-30T10:56:45Z

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The UBI8 builder no longer installs python3.9; its node-gyp entrypoints are made executable and updated to invoke /usr/bin/python3. The UBI9 builder also removes python3.9 and adds bash, tar, gzip, rsync, and patch to its installed dependencies.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Possibly related PRs

che-incubator/che-code#759: Modifies UBI9 builder dependency and repository setup in the same Dockerfile.
che-incubator/che-code#760: Previous UBI8 node-gyp entrypoint adjustment related to the current shebang update.

Suggested reviewers: azatsarynnyy, vitaliy-guliy, rgrunber

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RomanNikitenko and others added 2 commits July 29, 2026 14:42

fix: rewrite stale python3.8 shebang in node-gyp on UBI8 to fix npm i…

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…nstall Signed-off-by: Roman Nikitenko <rnikiten@redhat.com> Assisted-by: Cursor AI

RomanNikitenko marked this pull request as ready for review July 30, 2026 10:53

RomanNikitenko requested review from azatsarynnyy, rgrunber and vitaliy-guliy as code owners July 30, 2026 10:53

RomanNikitenko changed the title ~~Fix build of ubi8-based assembly~~ ci: Fix build of ubi8-based assembly Jul 30, 2026

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