[Buildroot] [PATCHv2] package/kodi: needs .py modules

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Thomas, All,

On 2015-09-13 23:29 +0200, Thomas Petazzoni spake thusly:
> On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 23:13:03 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > Kodi segfaults as soon as it tries to load a python module:
> > 
> >     Could not find platform independent libraries <prefix>
> >     Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
> >     ImportError: No module named site
> >     Segmentation fault
> > 
> > Turns out that keeping .py modules (with or without .pyc) fixes the
> > issue.
> > 
> > Currently, Kodi selects python, but since the format of modules is a
> > choice, we can not select it.
> > 
> > Fix that by inverting the dependency on python from Kodi:
> >   - turn it into a depends rather than a select,
> >   - add the dependency to ! pyc-only
> >   - update the comment accordingly.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
> 
> Do we actually understand why it doesn't work? There is really no
> reason for .py files to be necessary.

Well, what do I know about python? ;-)

I never said I understood the issue. Just that having only .pyc modules
make Kodi segfault, while having .py makes it work... :-(

All I got was the trace above. There was nothing (of interest) in Kodi's
own log file.

> Does it happen with Python 2 or
> Python 3?

Kodi uses python 2, that's what I have in my config.

> Apparently, Kodi selects Python 2, so there really shouldn't
> be any problem with having just .pyc files (Python 3 can be more
> tricky in that respect.
> 
> > changes v1 -> v2:
> >   - fix spurious 'i' (vim insert)
> 
> But it wasn't enough it seems :)
> 
> > -comment "kodi needs a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library"
> > +comment "kodi needs python and .py modiules, and a toolchain w/ C++, threads, wchar, dynamic library"
> 
>                                       ^^^^^^^^

Meh.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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