[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] package/python-augeas: new package

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>]

On Thu, 24 Jun 2021 23:53:53 +0200
"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> wrote:

> > +PYTHON_AUGEAS_VERSION = 1.1.0
> > +PYTHON_AUGEAS_SITE = $(call github,hercules-team,python-augeas,v$(PYTHON_AUGEAS_VERSION))
> > +PYTHON_AUGEAS_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
> > +PYTHON_AUGEAS_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
> > +PYTHON_AUGEAS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
> > +PYTHON_AUGEAS_DEPENDENCIES = augeas host-python-cffi host-pkgconf
> > +# This will tell python-augeas to not call xml2-config, and instead
> > +# use pkg-config to find libxml2. libxml2 is an indirect dependency of
> > +# augeas, which is why it's not in our dependencies. It's odd that
> > +# python-augeas searches for libxml2, but that's what it
> > +# does. Question asked in the pull request at
> > +# https://github.com/hercules-team/python-augeas/pull/49.  
> 
> They've now replied, and I am not sure I followed... Augeas' .pc does
> not yield libxml2' CFLAGS, because it is a Requires.Private.
> 
> So, why does python-augeas need the CFLAGS from libxml2?

Yeah, I was also confused by their reply, and didn't investigate
further at this point.

Thanks for looking at the patch and merging!

Thomas
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