New meson/python Problem Cropped up today (5/10) with ./autoexec.sh on Linux Mint

[Jeff Melton]

Hi everyone -I've been successfully building libreoffice for a while now on my Linux Mint setups with very few issues that I've been able to resolve myself.Today (*May 10 2025) for the first time (Last successful build on this was a week or so ago) I encountered the following partial output when running ./autogen.sh after a git pull -r:
....checking which TLS/SSL and cryptographic implementation to use... NSSchecking which sane header to use... internalchecking which icu to use... internalchecking whether to enable breakpad... nochecking which orcus to use... internalchecking which graphite to use... internalchecking which harfbuzz to use... internalchecking for meson.py... nochecking for meson... /usr/bin/mesonchecking whether meson can be run with "/usr/bin/python /usr/bin/meson"... usage: meson runpython [-h] [-c] script_file ...meson runpython: error: the following arguments are required: script_file, script_argsnoconfigure: error: meson incompatible with the specified python. Try using a different python runtime or a plain release of meson by adding PYTHON=/other/python.version and/or MESON=/path/to/meson.py to autogen.inputError running configure at ./autogen.sh line 333.
..after which It failed.I have minimal autogen.input as follows:
--enable-dbgutil--without-doxygen
A few weeks ago I did install meson, which resolved a "missing meson" issue.  Now it seems to have issues with the version of python on my systemHere are the versions installed:$ sudo apt list meson[sudo] password for       Listing... Donemeson/jammy,jammy,now 0.61.2-1 all [installed]$ /usr/bin/pythonPython 3.10.12 (main, Feb  4 2025, 14:57:36) [GCC 11.4.0] on linuxType "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> quit()


Any ideas what I can do to resolve the issue?
Thanks!Jeff Melton
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