[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/python-pillow: fix wrong install step

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Wed Jul 6 13:15:07 UTC 2016


Hello,

On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 15:09:26 +0200, Angelo Compagnucci wrote:

> > Ah, ok. Thanks for the explanation. I hate to say I dislike what the
> > python-pillow package needs to do, but there isn't a better option for
> > now with the current python-package infrastructure. We'll live with
> > that for now, and potentially improve the python-package infrastructure
> > in the future if more packages have similar requirements.  
> 
> Well, yes, I proposed a solution on a thread months ago, but for now
> we a have such a requirement only for this package, so I convey with
> you that the problem not arises.

Agreed.

It is not clear to me if it is legal for a Python package to build only
with "build_ext" and not "build". According to the Python documentation
"build" should do everything, and "build_ext" is a sub-command to build
just the "extensions".

Maybe the problem should be reported upstream?

> > Ditto for the install target commands.  
> 
> Will do!

Thanks!

Thomas
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