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python: skip setup.py 'import check' when cross-compiling
authorTom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@intel.com>
Sat, 5 Nov 2011 01:25:03 +0000 (20:25 -0500)
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 8 Nov 2011 21:48:30 +0000 (21:48 +0000)
commit23d2eaf9d283cae47e52d1151f0d4ad53bbbe8a0
tree9428dcd0703464278043db3a76ce27ebced8c90a
parenta021dae5b74158b422b0c5eafa7e526bb2f4b3de
python: skip setup.py 'import check' when cross-compiling

build_extension() in setup.py, as part of the build process, does an
'import check' on the built extension.  The import check in turn
dlopen()'s the shared library associated with the extension, which
isn't something that makes sense if that library was cross-compiled
for a different architecture.

This was noticed with an x86_64 target that was compiled with avx
support, because it caused 'illegal instruction' exceptions:

| /bin/sh: line 1: 14575 Illegal instruction ... -E ./setup.py -q build

For other target architectures, it doesn't necessarily cause illegal
instruction exceptions, but still fails.  For example, on arm, the
failure pathway causes this warning:

*** WARNING: renaming "cmath" since importing it failed: .../cmath.so:
    wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32

This patch to setup.py and the associated recipe changes allow the
whole 'import check' logic to be skipped when cross-compiling.

(From OE-Core rev: 25fae81538a92e15eab3fc169ebce44505f67839)

Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
meta/recipes-devtools/python/python/setup_py_skip_cross_import_check.patch [new file with mode: 0644]
meta/recipes-devtools/python/python_2.7.2.bb