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Re: make check-ctypes-python fails when executed from non src build direction

From: Noorul Islam K M <noorul_at_collab.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:09:23 +0530

Julian Foad <julian.foad_at_wandisco.com> writes:

> On Mon, 2010-11-01, Noorul Islam K M wrote:
>
>> I get the following error when I try executing
>>
>> $ make check-ctypes-python
>>
>> from build directory other then source directory.
> [...]
>> ImportError: No module named functions
>> make: *** [check-ctypes-python] Error 1
>
> I also build in a separate directory, and have that same problem.
>
> But ...
>
>> * build/run_ctypesgen.sh: Use source directory as target instead of build
>> directory.
>
>> (cat $abs_srcdir/$cp_relpath/csvn/core/functions.py.in; \
>> sed -e '/^FILE =/d' $output | \
>> perl -pe 's{(\s+\w+)\.restype = POINTER\(svn_error_t\)}{\1.restype = POINTER(svn_error_t)\n\1.errcheck = _svn_errcheck}' \
>> - ) > $abs_builddir/$cp_relpath/csvn/core/functions.py
>> + ) > $abs_srcdir/$cp_relpath/csvn/core/functions.py
>
> I looked for other references to "functions.py", to check whether
> anything else expects it to be in the build dir. I found that
> "subversion/bindings/ctypes-python/setup.py:build_functions_py()" also
> builds "functions.py" from "functions.py.in".
>
> Why the duplication, and should we un-duplicate it? Here is the change
> that introduced this:
>
> [[[
> r877501 | gstein | 2009-04-22 16:28:24 +0100 (Wed, 22 Apr 2009) | 12 lines
>
> First step in integrating ctypesgen tighter into the build system. This
> adds a little script to invoke ctypesgen rather than relying on setup.py
> and distutils (don't get me started on that package).
>
> * build/run_ctypesgen.sh:
> (): new script to invoke ctypesgen, given a bunch of configuration
> parameters as arguments. take particular care that we only write to
> the build tree, not the source tree.
>
> * Makefile.in:
> (ctypes-python): use new helper script
>
> Index: subversion/trunk/Makefile.in
> ===================================================================
> --- subversion/trunk/Makefile.in (revision 877500)
> +++ subversion/trunk/Makefile.in (revision 877501)
> @@ -797,17 +797,13 @@ install-swig-rb-doc:
>
> # ctypes-python variables and make targets
> CTYPESGEN = @CTYPESGEN@
> CTYPES_PYTHON_SRC_DIR = $(abs_srcdir)/subversion/bindings/ctypes-python
>
> ctypes-python: local-all
> - cd $(CTYPES_PYTHON_SRC_DIR); \
> - $(LT_EXECUTE) $(PYTHON) setup.py build --subversion="$(prefix)" \
> - --apr="$(SVN_APR_PREFIX)" --apr-util="$(SVN_APRUTIL_PREFIX)" \
> - --ctypesgen="$(CTYPESGEN)" --svn-headers="$(abs_srcdir)/subversion/include" \
> - --cppflags="$(CPPFLAGS)" --ldflags="$(EXTRA_CTYPES_LDFLAGS)"
> + $(abs_srcdir)/build/run_ctypesgen.sh "$(LT_EXECUTE)" "$(CPPFLAGS)" "$(EXTRA_CTYPES_LDFLAGS)" "$(PYTHON)" "$(CTYPESGEN)" "$(abs_srcdir)" "$(abs_builddir)" "$(prefix)" "$(SVN_APR_PREFIX)" "$(SVN_APRUTIL_PREFIX)"
>
> install-ctypes-python: ctypes-python
> cd $(CTYPES_PYTHON_SRC_DIR); \
> $(PYTHON) setup.py install --prefix="$(DESTDIR)$(prefix)"
>
> check-ctypes-python: ctypes-python
> ]]]
>
> It looks like build_functions_py() expects to create functions.py in the
> *source* directory, and build/run_ctypesgen.sh intentionally creates it
> in the *build* directory.

I think setup.py is no longer used to generate bindings.

Thanks and Regards
Noorul
Received on 2010-11-01 17:40:18 CET

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