refactor: Exclude system libraries from PyInstaller build to prevent GLIBC version conflicts

Author: a-spiker

pyinstaller-build.spec

@@ -47,6 +47,18 @@ using pyenv on our build machine since pyenv relies on libcrypt to run `pyenv in
 if "darwin" not in platform.system().lower() and path.isfile('/usr/lib64/libcrypt.so.1'):
     binaries.append(('/usr/lib64/libcrypt.so.1', '.'))
 
+# Exclude system libraries that should be provided by the target system to avoid glibc version conflicts
+# These libraries will be loaded from the system at runtime instead of being bundled
+# This is critical for el9 (glibc 2.34) compatibility when building on systems with newer glibc
+excludes_binaries = [
+    'libgcc_s.so.1',   # Exclude libgcc to avoid glibc version conflicts
+    'libc.so.6',       # Exclude glibc itself
+    'libm.so.6',       # Exclude libm (math library)
+    'libpthread.so.0', # Exclude pthread library
+    'libdl.so.2',      # Exclude dynamic linker library
+    'librt.so.1',      # Exclude realtime extensions library
+]
+
 block_cipher = None
 
 asadm_a = Analysis(['asadm.py'],
@@ -63,6 +75,10 @@ asadm_a = Analysis(['asadm.py'],
              cipher=block_cipher,
              noarchive=False)
 
+# Filter out system libraries from asadm to prevent glibc version conflicts
+# This allows the binary to use the system's version of these libraries at runtime
+asadm_a.binaries = [x for x in asadm_a.binaries if not any(exc in x[0] for exc in excludes_binaries)]
+
 if not options.exclude_asinfo:
     asinfo_a = Analysis(['asinfo.py'],
                 pathex=[],
@@ -77,6 +93,9 @@ if not options.exclude_asinfo:
                 win_private_assemblies=False,
                 cipher=block_cipher,
                 noarchive=False)
+    
+    # Filter out system libraries from asinfo as well
+    asinfo_a.binaries = [x for x in asinfo_a.binaries if not any(exc in x[0] for exc in excludes_binaries)]
 
     MERGE((asadm_a, "asadm", "asadm"), (asinfo_a, "asinfo", "asinfo"))