[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] libglib2: Avoid absolute path to python in shebang

[anisse at astier.eu]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 10:04:56AM +0200, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> +Peter in Cc.
> 
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:58:42 +0200, Anisse Astier wrote:
> 
> > We just hit this issue with the buildroot-2018.02 branch. Is this is the
> > scope of LTS-backportable patches ?
> > 
> > Otherwise it's very easy to take the patch in an external, but I'm
> > guessing it might break other builds somewhere.
> 
> I think it definitely makes sense to have it in 2018.02.x, so I guess
> Peter will backport it there.
> 
> However, it would be nice if someone could try to push this
> upstream. The OE patch says it's not appropriate for upstream, but I
> disagree, the fact that the shebang can be too long is a real problem,
> and if both OE and Buildroot have to fix it, upstream should
> (hopefully) be interested in finding a solution.
> 

I opened an issue upstream:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1455

Upstream is already working on a solution, but it might only be fixed in
the meson build:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/merge_requests/187

Which will require moving the package from autotools to meson.

Regards,

Anisse