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

Peter Korsgaard jacmet at uclibc.org
Fri Dec 6 14:24:05 UTC 2013


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

 > 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)

Committed, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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