[Buildroot] Build error when trying to build the py-smbus package of i2c-tools

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On 21/06/13 12:31, Thomas Weininger wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > >So it uses Python distutils (the setup.py) in order to build smbus.so. And it
>> >seems to me that it uses the host distutils instead of the target system's
>> >one.
>>> > >If this is the problem, then the Module.mk or the setup.py will most likely
>> >need to be patched in order to use the target system toolchain?
>> >
>> >   Hang on, maybe you have to build host-python-setuptools first?
> [Thomas Weininger]
> I can't find a python-setuptools option in the host utilities menu in Buildroot's make menuconfig. How can I build it?
> However, for the target BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS is set.

  It's not a user-selectable host package, since it is only needed to 
build other packages.  Normally, you build it by adding it to the 
I2C_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES variable. But you can also do it directly from the 
command line:

make host-python-setuptools
make i2c-tools-dirclean # Just to be sure
make


  Regards,
  Arnout


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