From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Petazzoni Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:51:51 +0200 Subject: [Buildroot] Private mirror repository for Python package dependencies -- howto? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20170929215151.35dea574@windsurf> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Hello, On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 09:53:25 -0700, Robert Lerche wrote: > Buildroot provides a simple and effective means to specify a private mirror > for package source code components (BR2_PRIMARY_SITE). This is essential > for a company basing an embedded system product on Buildroot. > > Is there an equivalent mechanism to support a private repository for Python > package dependencies? Otherwise distutils and setuptools will fetch from > public sources even though the package base comes from the private mirror. This should never happen. If a Python package downloads its dependencies by itself without going through Buildroot's download mechanism, it's a bug. Could you give a more specific example of a problematic Python package ? Best regards, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com