[Buildroot] Python standard library files missing from rootfs

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Thu, 9 Jun 2016 17:10:52 +0200, Mickael Chazaux wrote:
> On 09/06/2016 15:35, Mickael Chazaux wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > all the standard library files are missing, including site.py.  
> 
> Sorry for the noise ^^ One of my packages does that in its makefile :
>          find $(DESTDIR) -name *.py -exec rm {} \;
>          find $(DESTDIR) -name *.pyc -exec rm {} \;
>          find $(DESTDIR) -name *.pyo -exec chmod +x {} \;
> 
> In OpenEmbedded it causes no harm, but in buildroot, it causes every .py{c} to disappear

It would be good if you had provided a bit more context here.

But I guess the reason is because we remove *.pyo files in Buildroot,
so if you remove *.py, *.pyc in your package, and Buildroot removes
*.pyo, there's nothing left.

Thomas
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