Am having difficulty with importing tkinter following cross-compiling Python from source.
My build environment: GCC 4.7 uClibc 0.9.33 buildroot Python 3.4 Tcl/Tk 8.6 target platform=ARM The symptoms are as follows: >>> import _tkinter ... # trying /usr/lib/python3.4/lib-dynload/_tkinter.cpython-34m.so python: symbol 'FcPatternAddMatrix': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcFontRenderPrepare': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcFontSort': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcPatternDestroy': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcPatternGetString': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcPatternAddInteger': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcCharSetDestroy': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcPatternAddString': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcPatternGetDouble': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcPatternGetCharSet': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcCharSetCopy': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcPatternGetInteger': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcConfigSubstitute': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcPatternAddBool': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcCharSetHasChar': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcFontSetDestroy': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcPatternCreate': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcPatternAddDouble': can't resolve symbol python: symbol 'FcUtf8ToUcs4': can't resolve symbol Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2214, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 2203, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1191, in _load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1161, in _load_backward_compatible File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 539, in _check_name_wrapper File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1692, in load_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 321, in _call_with_frames_removed ImportError: unknown dlopen() error It appears to be an issue with FontConfig. If I recompile Tk with --disable-xft, tkinter works correctly but with the legacy method of font selection and rendering. When compiled with --enable-xft (default), Tk demo programs work correctly, but I cannot import tkinter. I believe that there is a link issue with _tkinter.cpython-34m.so, but have not identified anything despite intense research. Any suggestions? Many thanks. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list