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

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

Arnout, All,

On 2015-09-15 22:52 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
> On 15-09-15 22:03, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > On 2015-09-15 18:37 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
> >> On 13-09-15 23:13, 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.
> >>
> >>  I think it's a lot more user-friendly to do
> >>
> >> 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PY_PYC
> > 
> > Two problems with that option:
> >   - first, it is not acceptable; one must *not* select a symbol that is
> >     part of a choice
> >   - Kconfig won't even act on that select, in fact:
> 
>  I guess 1 is a result of 2, right? Stupid Kconfig.

Well, not really. If you allow a symbol of a choice to be selected, then
how would you handle this case;

    config FOO
        bool "foo"
        select BUZ_A

    config BAR
        bool "bar"
        select BUZ_B

    choice
        bool "buz"

    config BUZ_A
        bool "buz-a"

    config BUZ_B
        bool "buz-b"

    endchoice

That's basicaly unsolvable.

Hence, selecting a choice entry does not make sense to start with.

>  In that case, there really is no alternative except what you propose. The
> ugliness of BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_WANTS_PY is too horrible to even consider.

Yes, _WANTS_PY is ugly.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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