$ python3 --version
Python 3.12.2
$ dpkg -l | grep python3.12
ii  python3.12                           3.12.2-1                                amd64        Interactive high-level object-oriented language (version 3.12)
...
$ cat helloworld.py
#!/usr/bin/python3

print("Hello, World!")
$ /usr/share/doc/python3.12/examples/freeze/freeze.py -o frozen helloworld.py
...
$ cd frozen
$ make
...
x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions     -g -fwrapv -O2  -Xlinker -expo
rt-dynamic -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions config.o frozen.o M___future__.o M__
_main__.o  ...
M_zipp.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.12.so   -lm      -lm   -lz -lm -lm   -lexpat  -lexpat     Modules/_hacl/libHacl_Hash_SHA2.a         -lz                        -ldl -lm  -o helloworld
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find Modules/_hacl/libHacl_Hash_SHA2.a: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Makefile:1236: helloworld] Error 1

FROM docker.io/library/ubuntu:noble

# enable package sources
RUN sed -i '/deb-src/s/^# //' /etc/apt/sources.list && apt-get update

# Ubuntu cloud images do not install all files from packages. This drops, e.g.,
# the Python examples; therefore, remove the Ubuntu cloud "excludes" configuration.
RUN rm -f /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/excludes

# install required packages
RUN apt-get --yes install build-essential python3.12-dev python3.12-examples

# build python
RUN apt-get --yes build-dep python3.12
RUN mkdir /build /demo /demo/frozen
WORKDIR /build
RUN apt-get --yes source python3.12
WORKDIR /build/python3.12-3.12.2
RUN DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck dpkg-buildpackage --no-sign -b -j16

# create python demo program
WORKDIR /demo
RUN echo '#!/usr/bin/python3\nprint("Hello, World!")' >helloworld.py

# run freeze
RUN /usr/share/doc/python3.12/examples/freeze/freeze.py -o frozen helloworld.py

# add required link to static modules
RUN ln -s /build/python3.12-3.12.2/build-static/Modules /demo/frozen/Modules

# build and run frozen demo program
WORKDIR /demo/frozen
RUN make && ./helloworld