[Buildroot] [buildroot 0003274]: Package Python broken

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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=3274 
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Reported By:                roeme
Assigned To:                buildroot
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Project:                    buildroot
Issue ID:                   3274
Category:                   Architecture Specific
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             05-07-2008 11:01 PDT
Last Modified:              05-09-2008 00:17 PDT
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Summary:                    Package Python broken
Description: 
When trying to include the python package, the build process fails with the
following error:

make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/roeme/minim/buildroot/buildroot/build_i586/Python-2.4.2'
/bin/sh: line 8: -/usr/bin/make: No such file or directory
make: ***
[/home/roeme/minim/buildroot/buildroot/build_i586/Python-2.4.2/.hostpython]
Error 127

Enabling "Development Files on target" or removing modules marked as
"unusual" (curses/unicodedata) does not help as well as reducing the
number of jobs to run simultaneously.

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 bernhardf - 05-07-08 11:37  
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Thy pyhon package wants a big cleanup anyway:

- unpack into one location (I'd use the TOOL_BUIDDIR)
- build python-host (why is that needed anyway?) into
(TOOL_BUILDDIR)/$(PYTHON_DIR)-host
- build python in $(BUILD_DIR) 

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 roeme - 05-07-08 12:28  
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How can I help? Or what must one do to get the package working?

I'll dive into the docs now. Maybe I'll get something working, I wanted to
get accustomed to buildroot's internals anyway, to add sw by myself.

However, I'm a bloody novice, so any help on this bug is GREATLY
appreciated. Since I'm in a thight schedule, it might take several months
before I even have a clue how to fix it, whereas you guys probably only
need one day.

There's a typo in the submission, by host system I meant build system.

 

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 roeme - 05-07-08 12:39  
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Python seems to have cross-compilation support (see also:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/patches/2004-October/016312.html )

However, it's not used: 
(snip)
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
(/snip)

(I might be off-track here, but maybe this is of some use to the
developers) 

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 roeme - 05-09-08 00:17  
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This particular bug may be closed (It still won't build for me, but it's a
different error)

> On 08.05.2008, at 19:41, Andrew Dyer wrote:
>
>>On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Roman Bigler <roeme at roeme.ch> wrote:
>>Hello List,
>>
>>in the last two days I've tried to use the python package, however, it
>>fails to build.
>>The build process barfs the following at me:
>><snip>
>>make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/roeme/minim/buildroot/buildroot/build_i586/Python-2.4.2'
>>/bin/sh: line 8: -/usr/bin/make: No such file or directory
>>make: *** [/home/roeme/minim/buildroot/buildroot/build_i586/
>>Python-2.4.2/.hostpython] Error 127
>><snap>
>>
>>The error is reproduceable.
>>
>
>the patch fragment below fixes the build error for me and was posted
>to the list a couple of days ago.  I did not test the resulting
>executable.
>
>Index: package/python/python.mk
>===================================================================
>--- package/python/python.mk    (revision 21884)
>+++ package/python/python.mk    (working copy)
>@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
>              $(MAKE) python Parser/pgen && \
>              mv python hostpython && \
>              mv Parser/pgen Parser/hostpgen && \
>-               -$(MAKE) distclean \
>+               $(MAKE) distclean \
>      ) && \
>      touch $@ 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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05-07-08 11:01  roeme          New Issue                                    
05-07-08 11:01  roeme          Status                   new => assigned     
05-07-08 11:01  roeme          Assigned To               => buildroot       
05-07-08 11:37  bernhardf      Note Added: 0007474                          
05-07-08 12:04  roeme          Note Added: 0007484                          
05-07-08 12:28  roeme          Note Edited: 0007484                         
05-07-08 12:39  roeme          Note Added: 0007494                          
05-09-08 00:17  roeme          Note Added: 0007544                          
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