[OE-core][whinlatter 2/7] python3-setuptools: drop Windows launcher executables on non-mingw builds

Yoann Congal
2026-03-20T23:07:33Z

From: Krupal Ka Patel <krkapate@cisco.com>

setuptools installs Windows launcher executables (cli*.exe, gui*.exe)
into site-packages. These binaries are only used on Windows platforms
but are packaged for target, native, and nativesdk builds.

Remove the Windows launcher executables when not building for a mingw
(mingw32/mingw64) host to avoid shipping unused Windows binaries.

Signed-off-by: Krupal Ka Patel <krkapate@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Dubois-Briand <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
(cherry picked from commit cf7c79f3962f2be99cfda47e8cc730091e6a18cb)
Signed-off-by: Yoann Congal <yoann.congal@smile.fr>
---
.../recipes-devtools/python/python3-setuptools_80.9.0.bb | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-setuptools_80.9.0.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-setuptools_80.9.0.bb
index 533d8ce3d44..833d610be5b 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-setuptools_80.9.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3-setuptools_80.9.0.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ SRC_URI += " \

SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "f36b47402ecde768dbfafc46e8e4207b4360c654f1f3bb84475f0a28628fb19c"

+do_install:append() {
+ # setuptools ships Windows launcher executables (cli*.exe, gui*.exe).
+ # Keep them only when building for a Windows (mingw) host.
+ case "${HOST_OS}" in
+ mingw32|mingw64) ;;
+ *) rm -f ${D}${PYTHON_SITEPACKAGES_DIR}/setuptools/*.exe ;;
+ esac
+}
+
DEPENDS += "python3"

RDEPENDS:${PN} = "\