https://github.com/rpm-software-management/createrepo_c/pull/461
From 1723a3044ed7797978a150a7b3fa2483dba17074 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jaco Kroon <jaco@uls.co.za>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 14:05:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Migrate cmake to find_package(PYTHON* to
 find_package(Python3.

Also bump minimum cmake version to 3.12.

Closes: #460
Signed-off-by: Jaco Kroon <jaco@uls.co.za>
---
 CMakeLists.txt            |  2 +-
 src/python/CMakeLists.txt | 25 ++++++-------------------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c4bf525..5b3925a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED (VERSION 3.7)
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED (VERSION 3.12)
 PROJECT (createrepo_c C)
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
diff --git a/src/python/CMakeLists.txt b/src/python/CMakeLists.txt
index a31b14d..5303876 100644
--- a/src/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,23 +1,10 @@
-MACRO(PYTHON_UNSET)
-    unset(PYTHON_LIBRARY)
-    unset(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR)
-    unset(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
-    unset(PYTHON_LIBRARY CACHE)
-    unset(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR CACHE)
-    unset(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE CACHE)
-ENDMACRO(PYTHON_UNSET)
-
 if (NOT SKBUILD)
-    PYTHON_UNSET()
-    SET(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 3.0 CACHE INTERNAL "")
-    FIND_PACKAGE(PythonInterp 3 REQUIRED)
-    FIND_PACKAGE(PythonLibs 3 REQUIRED)
+    FIND_PACKAGE(Python3 REQUIRED Interpreter Development)
 endif (NOT SKBUILD)
 
-EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -c "from sys import stdout; from sysconfig import get_path; stdout.write(get_path('platlib'))" OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR)
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH})
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
-MESSAGE(STATUS "Python install dir is ${PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR}")
+MESSAGE(STATUS "Python install dir is ${Python3_SITELIB}")
 
 set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fno-strict-aliasing")
 set (CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG} -fno-strict-aliasing")
@@ -72,9 +59,9 @@ IF (SKBUILD)
     INSTALL(FILES createrepo_c/__init__.py DESTINATION src/python/createrepo_c)
     INSTALL(TARGETS _createrepo_c LIBRARY DESTINATION src/python/createrepo_c)
 ELSE ()
-    INSTALL(FILES createrepo_c/__init__.py DESTINATION ${PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR}/createrepo_c)
-    INSTALL(TARGETS _createrepo_c LIBRARY DESTINATION ${PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR}/createrepo_c)
+    INSTALL(FILES createrepo_c/__init__.py DESTINATION ${Python3_SITELIB}/createrepo_c)
+    INSTALL(TARGETS _createrepo_c LIBRARY DESTINATION ${Python3_SITELIB}/createrepo_c)
 
     # Version has to be passed as last argument.
-    INSTALL(CODE "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/utils/setup_for_python_metadata.py install_egg_info --install-dir \$ENV{DESTDIR}/${PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR} ${VERSION})")
+    INSTALL(CODE "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/utils/setup_for_python_metadata.py install_egg_info --install-dir \$ENV{DESTDIR}/${Python3_SITELIB} ${VERSION})")
 ENDIF ()
-- 
2.51.2