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Subject: Re: [ptxdist] python: don't create
 '$(PTXCONF_SYSROOT_CROSS)/bin/python' link
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 04:55:40PM -0600, George McCollister wrote:
> On 11/30/2012 04:11 PM, Michael Olbrich wrote:
> >The problem is, that this link hides the system python
> >($PTXDIST_TOPDIR}/bin/python). So packages that need python for
> >building sometimes get the wrong python (if python is built first).
> >Also, I don't see why it should break you packages. There is still a
> >python in PATH.
> Breaks packages because talloc creates python bindings then tevent
> checks for talloc python bindings before building its python bindings.
> Seems like it would be a better idea to select HOST_PYTHON for packages
> that require python to build. Then the same version would always be used.
> 
> Maybe I can find a clean way to force waf to use CROSS_PYTHON

Look at the other patches I've committed. Most setting
PYTHON=$(CROSS_PYTHON) in *_CONF_ENV usually helps.

michael

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