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Subject: Re: OT: determining in `Makefile.in` the Python version/path
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On 01/09/2011 10:07 PM, Paul Menzel wrote:
> I tried to use `python-config` to determine the Python version [3].
> 
>         ifeq (arm, $(ARCH))
>         -# Force external python2.5 for now!
>         -LIBS +=-lpython2.5
>         +# Force external Python for now!
>         +LIBS += $(shell python-config --libs)
>          endif
> 
> This fails with the following error though documented in `log.do_compile`.
> 
>         Traceback (most recent call last):
>           File "/oe/build/angstrom-dev/sysroots/i686-linux/usr/bin/python-config", line 6, in <module>
>             from distutils import sysconfig
>           File "/oe/build/angstrom-dev/sysroots/i686-linux/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 22, in <module>
>             PREFIX = os.path.normpath(sys.prefix).replace( os.getenv("BUILD_SYS"), os.getenv("HOST_SYS") )
> 

For OE's Python, you need to set some variables in your recipe, e.g.:

EXTRA_OECONF = " \
        BUILD_SYS=${BUILD_SYS} \
        HOST_SYS=${HOST_SYS} \
        STAGING_INCDIR=${STAGING_INCDIR} \
        STAGING_LIBDIR=${STAGING_LIBDIR} \
"

Regards,
Andreas