6 files changed, 72 insertions, 100 deletions
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/files/fix-issues-with-swig-4-2.patch b/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/files/fix-issues-with-swig-4-2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb424fe725
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/files/fix-issues-with-swig-4-2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From 355eada2d20886287cffc16e304087dd6f66ae37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Steve Grubb <ausearch.1@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 15:06:29 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] Remove python global exception handler since its deprecated
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/stevegrubb/libcap-ng/commit/30453b6553948cd05c438f9f509013e3bb84f25b]
+Signed-off-by: Anuj Mittal <anuj.mittal@intel.com>
+---
+ bindings/src/capng_swig.i | 7 -------
+ 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/bindings/src/capng_swig.i b/bindings/src/capng_swig.i
+index fcdaf18..fa85e13 100644
+--- a/bindings/src/capng_swig.i
++++ b/bindings/src/capng_swig.i
+@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@
+ 
+ %varargs(16, signed capability = 0) capng_updatev;
+ 
+-%except(python) {
+-  $action
+-  if (result < 0) {
+-    PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
+-    return NULL;
+-  }
+-}
+ #endif
+ 
+ %define __signed__
+-- 
+2.43.2
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-python_0.7.9.bb b/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-python_0.7.9.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 43f76dc561..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-python_0.7.9.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-require libcap-ng.inc
-
-FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/libcap-ng:"
-
-SUMMARY .= " - python"
-
-inherit lib_package autotools python3native
-
-DEPENDS += "libcap-ng python3 swig-native"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/libcap-ng-${PV}"
-
-EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-python --with-python3"
-EXTRA_OEMAKE += "PYLIBVER='python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}${PYTHON_ABI}' PYINC='${STAGING_INCDIR}/${PYLIBVER}'"
-
-do_install_append() {
-    rm -rf ${D}${bindir}
-    rm -rf ${D}${libdir}/.debug
-    rm -f ${D}${libdir}/lib*
-    rm -rf ${D}${libdir}/pkgconfig
-    rm -rf ${D}${datadir}
-    rm -rf ${D}${includedir}
-}
-
-# PACKAGES = "${PN}"
-
-FILES_${PN} = "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}"
-FILES_${PN}-dbg =+ "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/.debug/_capng.so"
-
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-python_0.8.4.bb b/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-python_0.8.4.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4790134ae9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-python_0.8.4.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+require libcap-ng.inc
+
+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/libcap-ng:"
+
+SUMMARY .= " - python"
+
+inherit lib_package autotools python3targetconfig
+
+# drop setuptools when version > 0.8.3 is released; it's needed only for distutils
+DEPENDS += "libcap-ng python3 swig-native python3-setuptools-native"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/libcap-ng-${PV}"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--with-python3"
+
+do_install:append() {
+    rm -rf ${D}${bindir}
+    rm -rf ${D}${libdir}/.debug
+    rm -f ${D}${libdir}/lib*
+    rm -rf ${D}${libdir}/pkgconfig
+    rm -rf ${D}${datadir}
+    rm -rf ${D}${includedir}
+}
+
+# PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+
+FILES:${PN} = "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_BASEVERSION}"
+FILES:${PN}-dbg =+ "${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/.debug/_capng.so"
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng.inc b/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng.inc
index 739b91fd2e..845b7c2f0a 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng.inc
@@ -3,15 +3,17 @@ DESCRIPTION = "The libcap-ng library is intended to make programming \
 with POSIX capabilities much easier than the traditional libcap library."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://freecode.com/projects/libcap-ng"
 SECTION = "base"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2+ & LGPLv2.1+"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later & LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f \
 		    file://COPYING.LIB;md5=e3eda01d9815f8d24aae2dbd89b68b06"
 
-SRC_URI = "http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-${PV}.tar.gz \
-           file://python.patch \
-"
+SRC_URI = "https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/libcap-ng/libcap-ng-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://fix-issues-with-swig-4-2.patch \
+           "
 
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2398d695508fab9ce33668c53a89b0e9"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "4a1532bcf3731aade40936f6d6a586ed5a66ca4c7455e1338d1f6c3e09221328"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "68581d3b38e7553cb6f6ddf7813b1fc99e52856f21421f7b477ce5abd2605a8a"
 
-BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
-\ No newline at end of file
+EXTRA_OECONF:append:class-target = " --with-capability_header=${STAGING_INCDIR}/linux/capability.h"
+EXTRA_OECONF:append:class-nativesdk = " --with-capability_header=${STAGING_INCDIR}/linux/capability.h"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng/python.patch b/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng/python.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d60a0a39b6..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng/python.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-From b4a354ae8d4f7c2ec3ec421c7d8a790cc57e77a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Li xin <lixin.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
-Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 23:03:30 +0900
-Subject: [PATCH] configure.ac - Avoid an incorrect check for python.
- Makefile.am - avoid hard coded host include paths.
-
-Upstream-Status: pending
-
-Signed-off-by: Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>
-Signed-off-by: Li Xin <lixin.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com>
-Signed-off-by: Yi Zhao <yi.zhao@windriver.com>
----
- bindings/python/Makefile.am |  4 +++-
- configure.ac                | 17 ++---------------
- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/bindings/python/Makefile.am b/bindings/python/Makefile.am
-index 999b184..c8e49db 100644
---- a/bindings/python/Makefile.am
-+++ b/bindings/python/Makefile.am
-@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
- SUBDIRS = test
- CONFIG_CLEAN_FILES = *.loT *.rej *.orig
- AM_CFLAGS = -fPIC -DPIC
--AM_CPPFLAGS = -I. -I$(top_builddir) -I@PYINCLUDEDIR@
-+PYLIBVER ?= python$(PYTHON_VERSION)
-+PYINC ?= /usr/include/$(PYLIBVER)
-+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I. -I$(top_builddir) -I$(PYINC)
- SWIG_FLAGS = -python
- SWIG_INCLUDES = ${AM_CPPFLAGS}
- pyexec_PYTHON = capng.py
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 7f66179..079d026 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -123,21 +123,8 @@ if test x$use_python = xno ; then
- else
- AC_MSG_RESULT(testing)
- AM_PATH_PYTHON
--PYINCLUDEDIR=`python${am_cv_python_version} -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var('INCLUDEPY'))"`
--if test -f ${PYINCLUDEDIR}/Python.h ; then
--	python_found="yes"
--	AC_SUBST(PYINCLUDEDIR)
--	pybind_dir="python"
--	AC_SUBST(pybind_dir)
--	AC_MSG_NOTICE(Python bindings will be built)
--else
--	python_found="no"
--	if test x$use_python = xyes ; then
--		AC_MSG_ERROR([Python explicitly requested and python headers were not found])
--	else
--		AC_MSG_WARN("Python headers not found - python bindings will not be made")
--	fi
--fi
-+python_found="yes"
-+AC_MSG_NOTICE(Python bindings will be built)
- fi
- AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_PYTHON, test ${python_found} = "yes")
- 
--- 
-2.7.4
-
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng_0.7.9.bb b/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng_0.8.4.bb
index 6e6de45494..3dbe3e2ffd 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng_0.7.9.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libcap-ng/libcap-ng_0.8.4.bb
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ require libcap-ng.inc
 
 inherit lib_package autotools
 
-EXTRA_OECONF += "--without-python --without-python3"
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--without-python3"
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"
 
-do_install_append() {
+do_install:append() {
 	# Moving libcap-ng to base_libdir
 	if [ ! ${D}${libdir} -ef ${D}${base_libdir} ]; then
 		mkdir -p ${D}/${base_libdir}/