Bug 269098 – dev-lang/python: Fix building of _ctypes module on architectures without FFI_CLOSURE defined

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Sven 'sleipnir' Rebhan 2009-05-09 08:27:30 UTC]

When compiling python on e.g. arm, the ctypes module fails to build. The following patches (taken from openembeded) bring back ctypes on python 2.5.4-r2 and python-2.6.2.

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Sven 'sleipnir' Rebhan 2009-05-09 08:29:12 UTC]

Created attachment 190732 [details, diff]
Python patch for python-2.5.4

Bring back the ctypes module for archs having FFI_CLOSURE not defined.

[Comment 2 Sven 'sleipnir' Rebhan 2009-05-09 08:29:50 UTC]

Created attachment 190733 [details, diff]
Python patch for python-2.6.2

Bring back the ctypes module for archs having FFI_CLOSURE not defined.

[Comment 3 Sven 'sleipnir' Rebhan 2009-05-09 08:30:37 UTC]

Created attachment 190734 [details, diff]
Ebuild patch for python-2.5.4-r2

[Comment 4 Sven 'sleipnir' Rebhan 2009-05-09 08:30:55 UTC]

Created attachment 190736 [details, diff]
Ebuild patch for python-2.6.2

[Comment 5 Sven 'sleipnir' Rebhan 2009-05-09 08:32:13 UTC]

Tested for quite some time in the openmoko overlay...

Spatial thanks to Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau for adding this stuff to python-2.6.2!

[Comment 6 Sven 'sleipnir' Rebhan 2009-05-09 08:38:09 UTC]

Btw: This tries to split bug #268887 into more craspable pieces, so please do not mark it as duplicate!

[Comment 7 solar (RETIRED) 2009-05-09 14:54:49 UTC]

Reassigning to python for review.

[Comment 8 Robert Piasek (RETIRED) 2009-05-27 11:57:40 UTC]

Hi,

Sorry to chase, but have any of you had a chance to look at it?


Thanks,
Rob

[Comment 9 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2009-05-28 15:27:03 UTC]

Please report it to Python upstream [1] and we will apply the version of the
patch accepted by upstream.

[1] http://bugs.python.org/

[Comment 10 Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau 2009-11-29 15:55:02 UTC]

Created attachment 211525 [details, diff]
python ctypes cross build patch

This is updated patch, compatible with upstream(python-trunk), and new autoconf.

[Comment 11 Maksim 'max_posedon' Melnikau 2009-11-29 16:14:51 UTC]

(In reply to comment #10)
> Created an attachment (id=211525) [details]
> python ctypes cross build patch
> 
> This is updated patch, compatible with upstream(python-trunk), and new
> autoconf.
> 
since >=python-2.6.4 this patch don't need anymore, python don't run configure for _ctype module anymore

bug can be closed

[Comment 12 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2009-11-29 16:38:28 UTC]

(In reply to comment #11)
> since >=python-2.6.4 this patch don't need anymore

Actually since >=2.6.2-r2.

> bug can be closed

I will leave it open for 2.5 slot.

[Comment 13 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2010-02-15 01:32:00 UTC]

(In reply to comment #12)
> (In reply to comment #11)
> > since >=python-2.6.4 this patch don't need anymore
> 
> Actually since >=2.6.2-r2.
> 
> > bug can be closed
> 
> I will leave it open for 2.5 slot.

>=dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r4:2.5 also uses system libffi.