Bug 7078

Summary:	Not possible to build Python 3 libraries, which depend on each other (distribute -> setuptools?)
Product:	[Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core	Reporter:	wrobell
Component:	devtools / tool chain	Assignee:	wrobell
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Medium	CC:	alejandro.hernandez, meta.mr.watcher, meta.watcher
Version:	1.7
Target Milestone:	1.8
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Multiple
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto:	---	Type of Regression:	---
Verified:		Documentation change:	Don't know

Description wrobell 2014-12-11 19:17:21 UTC

Due to change from warning to fatal error for overlapping files (see http://patchwork.openembedded.org/patch/80915/), it is not possible to build  Python 3 libraries, which depend on each other.

Consider library A and B. B depends on A.

1. A is built and installed into sysroot.
2. The B is built next. But current version of "distribute" picks A as well - it is dependency of B. So both B and A are being installed in sysroot overlapping with A installed seconds before.

Python 2.x might be affected as well. Newer version of "distribute" might have "--no-deps" option, but it is obsolete anyway. The "setuptools" has "--no-deps" option for sure, see https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/easy_install.html#command-line-options.

Comment 1 wrobell 2014-12-11 19:19:25 UTC

Notice about "distribute" being obsolete can be read at http://pythonhosted.org//distribute/

Comment 2 Alejandro Hernandez 2015-01-21 18:43:09 UTC

Can you please give some additional info, e.g. libraries used and the given error, I can't seem to reproduce this.

Comment 3 Alejandro Hernandez 2015-03-26 17:20:28 UTC

It's been over 60 days since the user's last response, I was not able to reproduce this bug, will close this for now, if the user can provide a complete test case this bug should be re-opened.