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error install python-ldap 3.4.4 on Amazon Linux 2 using python 3.11

Issue description:

All pre-reqs installed, ie

yum groupinstall "Development tools"

yum install openldap-devel python-devel

rpm -qa | grep openldap
openldap-2.4.57-6.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
openldap-devel-2.4.57-6.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
openldap-compat-2.4.57-6.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64
openldap-clients-2.4.57-6.amzn2023.0.6.x86_64

Running python3.11 -m pip install python-ldap
results in

  gcc -Wsign-compare -DDYNAMIC_ANNOTATIONS_ENABLED=1 -DNDEBUG -O2 -ftree-vectorize -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fstack-protector-strong -m64 -march=x86-64-v2 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -O2 -ftree-vectorize -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fstack-protector-strong -m64 -march=x86-64-v2 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -O2 -ftree-vectorize -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fstack-protector-strong -m64 -march=x86-64-v2 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -fPIC -DHAVE_SASL -DHAVE_TLS -DLDAPMODULE_VERSION=3.4.4 "-DLDAPMODULE_AUTHOR=python-ldap project" "-DLDAPMODULE_LICENSE=Python style" -IModules -I/usr/include/python3.11 -c Modules/LDAPObject.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/Modules/LDAPObject.o
  In file included from Modules/LDAPObject.c:3:
  Modules/common.h:9:10: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
      9 | #include "Python.h"
        |          ^~~~~~~~~~
  compilation terminated.
  error: command '/usr/bin/gcc' failed with exit code 1

Steps to reproduce:

python3.11 -m pip install python-ldap

Collecting python-ldap
Using cached python-ldap-3.4.4.tar.gz (377 kB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Requirement already satisfied: pyasn1>=0.3.7 in /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from python-ldap) (0.6.0)
Requirement already satisfied: pyasn1-modules>=0.1.5 in /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages (from python-ldap) (0.4.0)
Building wheels for collected packages: python-ldap
Building wheel for python-ldap (pyproject.toml) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Building wheel for python-ldap (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [83 lines of output]
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311
copying Lib/ldapurl.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311
copying Lib/ldif.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/syncrepl.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/sasl.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/resiter.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/pkginfo.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/modlist.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/logger.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/ldapobject.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/functions.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/filter.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/dn.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/constants.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/compat.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/cidict.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/asyncsearch.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/async.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
copying Lib/ldap/init.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/vlv.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/sss.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/simple.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/sessiontrack.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/readentry.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/pwdpolicy.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/psearch.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/ppolicy.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/pagedresults.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/openldap.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/libldap.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/deref.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
copying Lib/ldap/controls/init.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/controls
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/extop
copying Lib/ldap/extop/passwd.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/extop
copying Lib/ldap/extop/dds.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/extop
copying Lib/ldap/extop/init.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/extop
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/schema
copying Lib/ldap/schema/tokenizer.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/schema
copying Lib/ldap/schema/subentry.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/schema
copying Lib/ldap/schema/models.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/schema
copying Lib/ldap/schema/init.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/ldap/schema
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest
copying Lib/slapdtest/_slapdtest.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest
copying Lib/slapdtest/init.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest
running egg_info
writing Lib/python_ldap.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to Lib/python_ldap.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing requirements to Lib/python_ldap.egg-info/requires.txt
writing top-level names to Lib/python_ldap.egg-info/top_level.txt
reading manifest file 'Lib/python_ldap.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in'
no previously-included directories found matching 'Doc/.build'
adding license file 'LICENCE'
writing manifest file 'Lib/python_ldap.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
creating build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest/certs
copying Lib/slapdtest/certs/README -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest/certs
copying Lib/slapdtest/certs/ca.conf -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest/certs
copying Lib/slapdtest/certs/ca.pem -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest/certs
copying Lib/slapdtest/certs/client.conf -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest/certs
copying Lib/slapdtest/certs/client.key -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest/certs
copying Lib/slapdtest/certs/client.pem -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest/certs
copying Lib/slapdtest/certs/gencerts.sh -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest/certs
copying Lib/slapdtest/certs/gennssdb.sh -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest/certs
copying Lib/slapdtest/certs/server.conf -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest/certs
copying Lib/slapdtest/certs/server.key -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest/certs
copying Lib/slapdtest/certs/server.pem -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/slapdtest/certs
running build_ext
building '_ldap' extension
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-cpython-311
creating build/temp.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/Modules
gcc -Wsign-compare -DDYNAMIC_ANNOTATIONS_ENABLED=1 -DNDEBUG -O2 -ftree-vectorize -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fstack-protector-strong -m64 -march=x86-64-v2 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -O2 -ftree-vectorize -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fstack-protector-strong -m64 -march=x86-64-v2 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -O2 -ftree-vectorize -fexceptions -g -grecord-gcc-switches -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -Wp,-D_GLIBCXX_ASSERTIONS -fstack-protector-strong -m64 -march=x86-64-v2 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-clash-protection -fcf-protection -D_GNU_SOURCE -fPIC -fwrapv -fPIC -DHAVE_SASL -DHAVE_TLS -DLDAPMODULE_VERSION=3.4.4 "-DLDAPMODULE_AUTHOR=python-ldap project" "-DLDAPMODULE_LICENSE=Python style" -IModules -I/usr/include/python3.11 -c Modules/LDAPObject.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-cpython-311/Modules/LDAPObject.o
In file included from Modules/LDAPObject.c:3:
Modules/common.h:9:10: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
9 | #include "Python.h"
| ^~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
error: command '/usr/bin/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 python-ldap
Failed to build python-ldap
ERROR: Could not build wheels for python-ldap, which is required to install pyproject.toml-based projects

Operating system:
Amazon Linux 2
Python version:
3.11

python-ldap version:
3.4.4