SWIG_Python_str_AsChar removal in SWIG 4.2.0 The replacement, SWIG_PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize, has different memory management requirements. Submitted upstream: diff -ur ldns-1.8.3.orig/ldns-1.8.3/contrib/python/ldns_rdf.i ldns-1.8.3/ldns-1.8.3/contrib/python/ldns_rdf.i --- ldns-1.8.3.orig/ldns-1.8.3/contrib/python/ldns_rdf.i 2022-08-15 12:38:22.000000000 +0200 +++ ldns-1.8.3/ldns-1.8.3/contrib/python/ldns_rdf.i 2024-01-26 11:28:52.983540469 +0100 @@ -56,7 +56,11 @@ */ %typemap(arginit, noblock=1) const ldns_rdf * { +#if SWIG_VERSION >= 0x040200 + PyObject *$1_bytes = NULL; +#else char *$1_str = NULL; +#endif } /* @@ -66,11 +70,17 @@ %typemap(in, noblock=1) const ldns_rdf * (void* argp, $1_ltype tmp = 0, int res) { if (Python_str_Check($input)) { + const char *argstr; +#if SWIG_VERSION >= 0x040200 + argstr = SWIG_PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize($input, NULL, &$1_bytes); +#else $1_str = SWIG_Python_str_AsChar($input); - if ($1_str == NULL) { + argstr = $1_str; +#endif + if (argstr == NULL) { %argument_fail(SWIG_TypeError, "char *", $symname, $argnum); } - tmp = ldns_dname_new_frm_str($1_str); + tmp = ldns_dname_new_frm_str(argstr); if (tmp == NULL) { %argument_fail(SWIG_TypeError, "char *", $symname, $argnum); } @@ -90,10 +100,17 @@ */ %typemap(freearg, noblock=1) const ldns_rdf * { +#if SWIG_VERSION >= 0x040200 + if ($1_bytes != NULL) { + /* Is not NULL only when a conversion form string occurred. */ + Py_XDECREF($1_bytes); + } +#else if ($1_str != NULL) { /* Is not NULL only when a conversion form string occurred. */ SWIG_Python_str_DelForPy3($1_str); /* Is a empty macro for Python < 3. */ } +#endif } %nodefaultctor ldns_struct_rdf; /* No default constructor. */