Bug 680

Summary:	python-native should include the multiprocessing module (bitbake requires it)
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core	Reporter:	Aleksandr Koltsoff <aleksandr.koltsoff>
Component:	devtools / tool chain	Assignee:	Beth Flanagan <elizabeth.flanagan>
Status:	VERIFIED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Medium	CC:	aleksandr.koltsoff, elizabeth.flanagan, josh, meta.mr.watcher, meta.watcher, sgw, srifenbark, tom.parkin
Version:	1.0
Target Milestone:	1.0 PointRelease
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	---

Description Aleksandr Koltsoff 2011-01-28 01:16:26 UTC

Related to #629 and #628.

bitbake in 1.0 uses multiprocessing module, which should be part of stock 2.6 python installs. However, the way that python-native is packaged, the multiprocessing module will not be included in the tarball.

End effect is that bitbake in 1.0 cannot be used with the python-native tarball at all.

The public python-native tarball should probably be also updated at some point (see https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/yocto/2010-December/000447.html , the URL should probably stay the same, since this email is the only current place where using python-native tarball is documented).

Comment 1 Joshua Lock - Disabled 2011-01-28 01:30:34 UTC

This bug refers to the Python generated by the external-python-tarball recipe.
The tarball doesn't currently include the multiprocessing module which is now required to run BitBake.

A fix is in master to add the multiprocessing package to the tarball: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=a17dc8b66d40c937beb363872b3a6af31232f7ff

We need to update the hosted tarball and then document its presence.

Comment 2 Scott Rifenbark 2011-02-18 10:25:28 UTC

I have made changes to both the Yocto Project Quick Start and the Poky Reference Manual regarding the Python 2.6 requirement of BitBake (BUGID# 628).  Part of my fix was referencing the 32 and 64-bit tarballs for Python 2.6.  Have these tarballs been rebuilt?

Comment 3 Beth Flanagan 2011-05-03 08:54:04 UTC

I have this generated and will upload today.

Comment 4 Joshua Lock - Disabled 2011-05-03 09:21:01 UTC

*** Bug 1022 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5 Beth Flanagan 2011-05-04 08:30:27 UTC

I've uploaded the latest python-native from bernard to the download site and the mirror. A few notes:

http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/miscsupport/

I've left the old versions of python-native up and moved them to:

http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/miscsupport/yocto-0.9-python-nativesdk/

The new versions are in the top level and in:

http://mirrors.kernel.org/yocto/miscsupport/yocto-1.0-python-nativesdk/

These were build using the bernard tag. Please leave this bug open for the time being so I can use it as a way to track this issue for upcoming release scripts.

Comment 6 Joshua Lock - Disabled 2011-05-04 09:42:35 UTC

Code has been merged for some time and tarball is up to date.

Comment 7 Joshua Lock - Disabled 2011-05-04 09:43:54 UTC

Updated tarballs at http://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/downloads/miscsupport/ include multiprocessing.