[Buildroot] [PATCH] python-setuptools: Add patch to prevent detecting the host installation

[Markos Chandras]

On 22 August 2013 10:07, Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Yegor Yefremov
> <yegorslists at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:
>>> On 20/08/13 16:25, Markos Chandras wrote:
>>>> Signed-off-by: Markos Chandras <markos.chandras at imgtec.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>   ...etuptools-do-not-detect-installed-version.patch | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>   1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
>>>>   create mode 100644 package/python-setuptools/python-setuptools-do-not-detect-installed-version.patch
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/package/python-setuptools/python-setuptools-do-not-detect-installed-version.patch b/package/python-setuptools/python-setuptools-do-not-detect-installed-version.patch
>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>> index 0000000..ebc8830
>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>> +++ b/package/python-setuptools/python-setuptools-do-not-detect-installed-version.patch
>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
>>>> +Prevent build system from detecting an existing installation.
>>>> +Fixes the following problem when python-setuptools is installed
>>>> +on the host:
>>>> +
>>>> +Setuptools installation detected at /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages
>>>> +Renaming /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools-0.9.8-py2.7.egg-info to
>>>> +/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/setuptools-0.9.8-py2.7.egg-info.OLD.1377005697.88
>>>> +OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
>>>
>>>  This happens because setuptools is called with:
>>>
>>>         PYTHONPATH="/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages"
>>>
>>>  Yegor, Gustavo, any idea why this is called with a python path pointing
>>> to the host? Maybe this isn't needed anymore? A quick grep in the source
>>> doesn't indicate an obvious place where PYTHONPATH would be relevant
>>> during install itself.
>>>
>>>  I've just tried removing the PYTHONPATH override and it built OK, but I
>>> haven't tested if a package installed with setuptools actually works.
>>> Well, actually, host-setuptools _doesn't_ have that strange
>>> PYTHONPATH override and that is of course the only one used within
>>> buildroot itself...
>>
>> I'll look into it. But I need some time.
>
> The only package, that relies on setuptools is netifaces. I've applied
> the patch, rebuilt BR and everything seems to be OK. I can use
> netifaces, when I start the new image.
>
> Yegor
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Thanks for testing. Shall I submit a new patch removing the PYTHONPATH
variable from the makefile?

-- 
Regards,
Markos Chandras