Changeset 791b6c7 for chapter05/python.xml

Timestamp:

02/14/2019 07:11:08 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

7c6d782

Parents:

75828c3

Message:

Fix a problem when building Python in Chapter 5 where some hosts may use host
dependent headers.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11519 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter05/python.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter05/python.xml

@@ -44 +44 @@
     <title>Installation of Python</title>
 
+    <para>This package first builds the Python interpreter, then some
+    standard Python modules. The main script for building modules is
+    written in Python, and uses hard-coded paths to the host <filename
+    class="directory">/usr/include</filename> and <filename
+    class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> directories. To prevent them
+    from being used, issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/def add_multiarch_paths/a \        return' setup.py</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Prepare Python for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools --with-ensurepip=no</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools --without-ensurepip</userinput></screen>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--without-ensurepip</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This switch disables the Python installer, which is not needed
+          at this stage.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>