Re: [PATCH] python.inc: add `--disable-ipv6` to `EXTRA_OECONF`

[Koen Kooi <k.kooi@student.utwente.nl>]

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On 14-01-11 21:16, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Koen Kooi <k.kooi@student.utwente.nl> wrote:
> On 14-01-11 19:58, Koen Kooi wrote:
>>>> On 14-01-11 10:10, Paul Menzel wrote:
>>>>> From b2e249702a0f6b5e36a4b095f5a4c495aa5ec14f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>>>> From: Paul Menzel <paulepanter@users.sourceforge.net>
>>>>> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:48:08 +0100
>>>>> Subject: [PATCH] python.inc: add `--disable-ipv6` to `EXTRA_OECONF`
>>>>
>>>>> Since commit d729d14d [1] task `configure` for `python_2.6.5` and `python_2.7.1` fails with the following error message when compiling with `angstrom_2008.1` for `MACHINE = "beagleboard"`.
>>>>
>>>>>      checking for major... yes
>>>>>      checking for getaddrinfo... yes
>>>>>      checking getaddrinfo bug... buggy
>>>>>      Fatal: You must get working getaddrinfo() function.
>>>>>                   or you can specify "--disable-ipv6".
>>>>>      ERROR: Function do_configure failed
>>>>
>>>>> Disable IPv6 for now in Python unconditionally until a better solution is found.
>>>>
>>>> I don't think disabling ipv6 is the way to go, I'm comparing the eglibc
>>>> before and after d729d14d to see if that reveals a clue. If it doesn't,
>>>> let's put in your patch for the time being.
> 
> .... and the difference is that options-group.config is empty before d72
> and fully populated after it. OPTION_EGLIBC_ADVANCED_INET6 is set to Y
> in both cases it seems.
> 
>> I was expecting it to converge to this. Do u see that libraries
>> libc.so before and after have different content too ?
>> Could be that the option config mechanism is getting it wrong somehow
>> may be I should only populate options-group.config
>> with disabled features

Populating it only with disabled features would match the old behaviour
and should make python build again. I doesn't give us the root cause,
but at least it would build :)

regards,

Koen
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