[Buildroot] [PATCH v2] manual: do not generate .pyc files

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Thu Dec 5 23:41:57 UTC 2013


From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>

Python saves a pre-compiled support/scripts/kconfiglib.pyc file
side-to-side with the corresponding .py file.

This does not work if the Buildroot source tree is read-only (but
this is not an error for Python, which keep going OK).

But this may cause  issues for out-of-tree builds in case the same
Buildroot source tree is shared by many builds.

Also, 'make clean' currently does not clean this file, and out-of-tree
builds can remove it either, at the risk of causing issues for other
out-of-tree builds running at the same time.

Just tell Python not to generate .pyc files:
  - call the script via python, don't use the sha-bang
  - thus, make the script non-executable, and remove the sha-bang

Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
Cc: Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be>
Cc: Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com>
---
Changes v1->v2:
  - fix typo in commit log  (Samuel)
---
 docs/manual/manual.mk               | 2 +-
 support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py | 2 --
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
 mode change 100755 => 100644 support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py

diff --git a/docs/manual/manual.mk b/docs/manual/manual.mk
index 0926566..f0bbff8 100644
--- a/docs/manual/manual.mk
+++ b/docs/manual/manual.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 manual-update-lists: manual-check-dependencies-lists
 	$(Q)$(call MESSAGE,"Updating the manual lists...")
 	$(Q)BR2_DEFCONFIG="" TOPDIR=$(TOPDIR) O=$(O)/docs/manual/.build \
-		$(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py
+		python -B $(TOPDIR)/support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py
 
 # we can't use suitable-host-package here because that's not available in
 # the context of 'make release'
diff --git a/support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py b/support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 4546e07..4562d7e
--- a/support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py
+++ b/support/scripts/gen-manual-lists.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-##
 ## gen-manual-lists.py
 ##
 ## This script generates the following Buildroot manual appendices:
-- 
1.8.1.2



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