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aliyunsdkcore depends on deprecated pycrypto  #546

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Error Stack

$ pip install aliyunsdkcore

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...
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      configure: creating ./config.status
      config.status: creating src/config.h
      src/_fastmath.c:33:10: fatal error: longintrepr.h: No such file or directory
         33 | #include <longintrepr.h>                                /* for conversions */
            |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      compilation terminated.
      error: command '/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit code 1
      [end of output]
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  ERROR: Failed building wheel for pycrypto
  Running setup.py clean for pycrypto
Failed to build pycrypto
ERROR: Failed to build installable wheels for some pyproject.toml based projects (pycrypto)

Short Description

The aliyunsdkcore package depends on pycrypto>=2.6.1, which is deprecated, unmaintained, and fails to build on Python 3.13+ due to missing internal Python headers (longintrepr.h).

Impact:

  • Breaks installations on modern Python versions (3.13+).
  • Security risk due to unpatched vulnerabilities in pycrypto.

Suggested Fix:
Replace pycrypto with the maintained fork pycryptodome (API-compatible drop-in replacement).

Reproduction Steps:

  1. Install aliyunsdkcore on Python 3.13.
  2. Observe build failure due to pycrypto dependency.

Workaround:
Manually install pycryptodome and remove pycrypto, but this should be fixed upstream.


Additional Notes for the Report

  • Link to pycrypto deprecation: PyPI
  • pycryptodome is the recommended alternative (used by paramiko, google-auth, etc.).
  • Example error:
    src/_fastmath.c:33:10: fatal error: longintrepr.h: No such file or directory
    

This change would improve compatibility and security. Thanks for maintaining the SDK!


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