Upgrade old Python version in packaging pipeline (microsoft#16667)

- Upgrade from Python 3.6 to 3.8 in packaging pipeline.
- Raise build.py minimum required Python version.

Author: edgchen1

build.amd64.1411.bat

@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 :: Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 @echo off
-rem Requires a python 3.6 or higher install to be available in your PATH
+rem Requires a Python install to be available in your PATH
 python "%~dp0\tools\ci_build\build.py" --build_dir "%~dp0\build\Windows" %*

build.bat

@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ elif [[ "$*" == *"--android"* ]]; then
     DIR_OS="Android"
 fi
 
-#requires python3.6 or higher
 python3 $DIR/tools/ci_build/build.py --build_dir $DIR/build/$DIR_OS "$@"

build.sh

@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ def __init__(self, message):
 
 
 def _check_python_version():
-    # TODO Upgrade this, Python 3.6 is no longer supported. However, some packaging pipelines are still using it.
-    required_minor_version = 6
+    required_minor_version = 7
     if (sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor) < (3, required_minor_version):
         raise UsageError(
             f"Invalid Python version. At least Python 3.{required_minor_version} is required. "

tools/ci_build/build.py

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ os_major_version=$(cat /etc/redhat-release | tr -dc '0-9.'|cut -d \. -f1)
 
 echo "installing for CentOS version : $os_major_version"
 yum install -y centos-release-scl-rh
-yum install -y which gdb redhat-lsb-core expat-devel tar unzip zlib-devel make libunwind bzip2 bzip2-devel java-11-openjdk-devel graphviz devtoolset-10-binutils devtoolset-10-gcc devtoolset-10-gcc-c++ devtoolset-10-gcc-gfortran python3 python3-pip
+yum install -y which gdb redhat-lsb-core expat-devel tar unzip zlib-devel make libunwind bzip2 bzip2-devel java-11-openjdk-devel graphviz devtoolset-10-binutils devtoolset-10-gcc devtoolset-10-gcc-c++ devtoolset-10-gcc-gfortran
 
-pip3 install --upgrade pip
 localedef -i en_US -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8

tools/ci_build/github/linux/docker/inference/aarch64/default/cpu/scripts/install_centos.sh

@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ tar -zxf /tmp/src/cmake-3.26.3-linux-`uname -m`.tar.gz --strip=1 -C /usr
 echo "Installing Ninja"
 GetFile https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v1.10.0.tar.gz /tmp/src/ninja-linux.tar.gz
 tar -zxf ninja-linux.tar.gz
-cd ninja-1.10.0
+pushd ninja-1.10.0
 cmake -Bbuild-cmake -H.
 cmake --build build-cmake
 mv ./build-cmake/ninja /usr/bin
+popd
 
 echo "Installing Node.js"
 CPU_ARCH=`uname -m`
@@ -62,5 +63,16 @@ fi
 GetFile https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.14.2/node-v16.14.2-linux-${NODEJS_ARCH}.tar.gz /tmp/src/node-v16.14.2-linux-${NODEJS_ARCH}.tar.gz
 tar --strip 1 -xf /tmp/src/node-v16.14.2-linux-${NODEJS_ARCH}.tar.gz -C /usr
 
+# The Python version in CentOS 7's python3 package is no longer supported (3.6) so we will build Python from source.
+echo "Installing Python"
+PYTHON_VERSION="3.8.17"
+GetFile https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz /tmp/src/Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz
+tar -zxf Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz
+pushd Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}
+./configure
+make
+make install
+popd
+
 cd /
 rm -rf /tmp/src

tools/ci_build/github/linux/docker/inference/aarch64/default/cpu/scripts/install_deps.sh

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ os_major_version=$(cat /etc/redhat-release | tr -dc '0-9.'|cut -d \. -f1)
 
 echo "installing for CentOS version : $os_major_version"
 yum install -y centos-release-scl-rh
-yum install -y which gdb redhat-lsb-core expat-devel tar unzip zlib-devel make libunwind bzip2 bzip2-devel java-11-openjdk-devel graphviz devtoolset-11-binutils devtoolset-11-gcc devtoolset-11-gcc-c++ devtoolset-11-gcc-gfortran python3 python3-pip
+yum install -y which gdb redhat-lsb-core expat-devel tar unzip zlib-devel make libunwind bzip2 bzip2-devel java-11-openjdk-devel graphviz devtoolset-11-binutils devtoolset-11-gcc devtoolset-11-gcc-c++ devtoolset-11-gcc-gfortran
 
-pip3 install --upgrade pip
 localedef -i en_US -f UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8

tools/ci_build/github/linux/docker/inference/x64/default/cpu/scripts/install_centos.sh

@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ tar -zxf /tmp/src/cmake-3.26.3-linux-`uname -m`.tar.gz --strip=1 -C /usr
 echo "Installing Ninja"
 GetFile https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v1.10.0.tar.gz /tmp/src/ninja-linux.tar.gz
 tar -zxf ninja-linux.tar.gz
-cd ninja-1.10.0
+pushd ninja-1.10.0
 cmake -Bbuild-cmake -H.
 cmake --build build-cmake
 mv ./build-cmake/ninja /usr/bin
+popd
 
 echo "Installing Node.js"
 CPU_ARCH=`uname -m`
@@ -62,5 +63,16 @@ fi
 GetFile https://nodejs.org/dist/v16.14.2/node-v16.14.2-linux-${NODEJS_ARCH}.tar.gz /tmp/src/node-v16.14.2-linux-${NODEJS_ARCH}.tar.gz
 tar --strip 1 -xf /tmp/src/node-v16.14.2-linux-${NODEJS_ARCH}.tar.gz -C /usr
 
+# The Python version in CentOS 7's python3 package is no longer supported (3.6) so we will build Python from source.
+echo "Installing Python"
+PYTHON_VERSION="3.8.17"
+GetFile https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION}/Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz /tmp/src/Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz
+tar -zxf Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}.tgz
+pushd Python-${PYTHON_VERSION}
+./configure
+make
+make install
+popd
+
 cd /
 rm -rf /tmp/src