Re: [Python-Dev] setup.py and cross-compiling

2006-07-25 Thread Ed Swierk
On 7/24/06, "Martin v. Löwis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The main problem is that it is the host python that runs setup.py, > not the target python. Various parts of distutils assume that the > information the interpreter provides is correct, yet it is not > in a cross-compilation case. Well, it

[Python-Dev] setup.py and cross-compiling

2006-07-24 Thread Ed Swierk
I'm cross-compiling Python using uClibc buildroot, which installs target include files and libraries to a directory like ~/toolchain rather than /usr. I couldn't figure out any way to convincing the top-level python/setup.py to look in ~/toolchain instead of /usr when detecting what modules to bui