Re: [PATCH 1/1] python3-native: Fix pip install issue due to unclean build directory

[Alejandro Hernandez <alejandro.hernandez@linux.intel.com>]

On 19/04/15 02:49, Richard Purdie wrote:
> On Fri, 2015-04-17 at 19:19 -0500, Alejandro Hernandez wrote:
>> On 17/04/15 16:50, Richard Purdie wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2015-04-16 at 09:45 +0000, Alejandro Hernandez wrote:
>>>> When installing python3-native sometimes pips default build
>>>> directory (which is on the host and is user dependant) is left unclean,
>>>> due to this, when python3-core is being installed it tries to use
>>>> the same directory producing an error, this explicitly removes
>>>> what the previous installation might have left behind, fixing the issue.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Hernandez <alejandro.hernandez@linux.intel.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    .../python/python3-native_3.4.2.bb                 |  1 +
>>>>    .../python3/pip_build_directory_unclean.patch      | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>    2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
>>>>    create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/pip_build_directory_unclean.patch
> I tried it on the autobuilder and it failed again. I think part of the
> problem is that this part of the process runs under pseudo so it thinks
> its root, yet can't clear root's pip directory in /tmp.
>
> I suspect we are going to have to tell pip to use WORKDIR somehow, even
> if we have to patch it to take some kind of prompt from the environment
> for example.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard
>

Yes, the problem does happen when it uses pseudo and it thinks its root, 
I thought removing the files inside the same python code would be able 
to do it, ok I will find another workaround.