[Buildroot] [PATCH 4/7] package/libftdi1: fix build with swig >= 4.5.0

[Yegor Yefremov]

On Sat, Sep 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM Bernd Kuhls <bernd at kuhls.net> wrote:
>
> Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd at kuhls.net>

Reviewed-by: Yegor Yefremov <yegorslists at googlemail.com>

> ---
>  .../0001-python-update-for-SWIG-4.5.patch     | 48 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 package/libftdi1/0001-python-update-for-SWIG-4.5.patch
>
> diff --git a/package/libftdi1/0001-python-update-for-SWIG-4.5.patch b/package/libftdi1/0001-python-update-for-SWIG-4.5.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..4521ea8e4a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/package/libftdi1/0001-python-update-for-SWIG-4.5.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
> +From 6c965463223ea46d0b7ae22586cadc150f719f84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> +From: Jitka Plesnikova <jplesnik at redhat.com>
> +Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:55:58 +0200
> +Subject: [PATCH] python: update for SWIG 4.5
> +
> +SWIG 4.5.0 removed Python 2 compatibility macros (PyInt_, PyString_, SWIG_Python_str_*)
> +from its runtime header pyhead.swg (see commit [1]). These macros mapped old Python 2
> +C API names to their Python 3 equivalents. Packages that reference them in custom SWIG
> +typemaps or pre-generated wrapper code now fail to compile.
> +
> +This patch replaces all occurrences with the corresponding Python 3 C API functions.
> +The replacements are safe since the macros were already aliased to these exact functions
> +in SWIG's Python 3 code path.
> +
> +[1] https://github.com/swig/swig/commit/79f7a2b7cb7ddc256eba09c8770133148025171d
> +
> +Upstream: http://developer.intra2net.com/mailarchive/html/libftdi/2026/msg00012.html
> +
> +Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd at kuhls.net>
> +---
> + python/ftdi1.i | 4 ++--
> + 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> +
> +diff --git a/python/ftdi1.i b/python/ftdi1.i
> +index fac4d16..31e17c6 100644
> +--- a/python/ftdi1.i
> ++++ b/python/ftdi1.i
> +@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ char * str2charp_size(PyObject* pyObj, int * size)
> + "read_data(context) -> (return_code, buf)"
> + %enddef
> + %feature("autodoc", ftdi_read_data_docstring) ftdi_read_data;
> +-%typemap(in,numinputs=1) (unsigned char *buf, int size) %{ $2 = PyInt_AsLong($input);$1 = (unsigned char*)malloc($2*sizeof(char)); %}
> ++%typemap(in,numinputs=1) (unsigned char *buf, int size) %{ $2 = PyLong_AsLong($input);$1 = (unsigned char*)malloc($2*sizeof(char)); %}
> + %typemap(argout,noblock=1) (unsigned char *buf, int size) {
> +         if(result<0)
> +                 $2=0;
> +@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ char * str2charp_size(PyObject* pyObj, int * size)
> +     int ftdi_get_eeprom_value(struct ftdi_context *ftdi, enum ftdi_eeprom_value value_name, int* value);
> + %clear int* value;
> +
> +-%typemap(in,numinputs=1) (unsigned char *buf, int size) %{ $2 = PyInt_AsLong($input);$1 = (unsigned char*)malloc($2*sizeof(char)); %}
> ++%typemap(in,numinputs=1) (unsigned char *buf, int size) %{ $2 = PyLong_AsLong($input);$1 = (unsigned char*)malloc($2*sizeof(char)); %}
> + %typemap(argout,noblock=1) (unsigned char *buf, int size) {
> +         if(result<0)
> +                 $2=0;
> +--
> +2.55.0
> +
> --
> 2.47.3
>