#11447: python spkg build fails on Ubuntu 11.04 derivative Mint 11
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Reporter: pipedream | Owner:
pipedream
Type: defect | Status:
needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone:
sage-4.7.1
Component: build | Keywords:
crypt library
Work_issues: | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: David Kirkby, Bill Odefey, Jan Groenewald | Author: Jan
Medlock
Merged: | Dependencies:
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Comment(by medlock):
Replying to [comment:22 leif]:
> Replying to [comment:17 medlock]:
> > The patch to python-2.6.4.p10/src/setup.py is applied on all hosts,
not just Debian and derivatives, but the new code will end up doing
nothing on non-Debian-derived hosts. This is how the build is set up in
Python 2.7.
>
> Just to make it a bit clearer: The code also doesn't change the search
paths on ''older Debian / Ubuntu systems'', regardless if `dpkg-
architecture` is installed or not, so won't break anything there.
>
> (Tested with Ubuntu 9.04 and 10.04; `dpkg-architecture` there doesn't
know `DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH` and therefore exits with a non-zero status such
that nothing gets added to the paths.)
>
> [[BR]]
>
> > Note that on Debian and derivatives, if the command `dpkg-
architecture`, from the package dpkg-dev, is not available, the build will
fail as before.
>
> Again, of course the build will only fail on ''newer'' Debian
derivatives which require a change (more precisely: additions) to the
search paths.
>
> ----
>
> Could someone please update the p11 / provide a new p11 spkg (by
applying only [attachment:11447-Python-Debian-multiarch.patch] to p10 I
guess)?
>
> '''http://users.aims.ac.za/~jan/python-2.6.4.p11.spkg (and also the
ticket description) is not current.'''
Thanks for the clarification. I can confirm for the record that this is
the intended behavior.
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