[OE-core] [PATCH] boost: add python to default PACKAGECONFIG options

[Huang, Jie (Jackie)]

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> [mailto:openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org] On Behalf Of
> Huang, Jie (Jackie)
> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 16:02
> To: MacLeod, Randy; Richard Purdie; Andre McCurdy
> Cc: OE Core mailing list
> Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] boost: add python to default PACKAGECONFIG
> options
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: MacLeod, Randy
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 09:27
> > To: Richard Purdie; Andre McCurdy; Huang, Jie (Jackie)
> > Cc: OE Core mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] boost: add python to default PACKAGECONFIG
> > options
> >
> > On 2017-08-22 03:55 PM, Richard Purdie wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2017-08-22 at 12:51 -0700, Andre McCurdy wrote:
> > >> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 12:42 AM,  <jackie.huang at windriver.com>
> > >> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> From: Jackie Huang <jackie.huang at windriver.com>
> > >>>
> > >>> We want to provide python libs by default, and some other
> > >>> popular Linux distributions like redhat/fedora does the same.
> > >> Has something changed? Is there anything in oe-core or meta-oe which
> > >> now needs boost python support enabled?
> > >
> > > Does it even actually build on all arches? >
> > > I'm rather behind with patch review right now as people are putting so
> > > many patches out there with what seems like minimal testing and
> > > expecting me/Ross and the autobuilder to figure out the problems for
> > > them.
> > >
> > > Each time one fails, it blocks the queue with the rest of them in and I
> > > have to retest until I get something clean.
> > >
> > > Testing this change is quite a way down my priority list I'm afraid.
> > >
> >
> > Maybe this is better done in our distro configuration.
> >
> > We're trying to minimize differences with oe-core and
> > the boost python support doesn't seem to be much of an
> > impact based on looking at logs rather than a having a
> > detailed understanding of boost.
> >
> > We've had this commit in our local branch since before:
> >
> > CommitDate: Wed Dec 21 22:16:31 2016 -0800
> >
> >      boost: add python to default PACKAGECONFIG options
> >
> >      We want to provide python libs by default, and some other
> >      popular Linux distributions like redhat/fedora does the same.
> >
> >      (LOCAL REV: NOT UPSTREAM) -- sent to oe-core on 20160930
> >
> > so it certainly builds for all qemu* for glibc configurations.
> >
> > I'll see if we can add musl builds to our automated builds tonight.
> >
> > Jackie,
> >
> > Did/Can you build for musl?
> 
> No, I didn't build for musl yet, but yes, I can and will do the test with musl
> and fix issues as needed.

I tested for all qemu* with:
$ for i in qemuarm qemuarm64 qemux86 qemux86-64 qemuppc qemumips qemumips64; do MACHINE="$i" TCLIBC=musl bitbake boost

And all passed, could you point me out what the failure is caused by this patch? 

Thanks,
Jackie

> 
> > Do you have any idea of the impact of this config on users that are not
> > interested in the python interface with boost?
> 
> I don't think there is any impact, each library is packaged into a separate
> package named with boost-<lib name>
> 
> > What's the additional cost in compile time?
> 
> A quick test indicates that it's less than 1 second:
> 
> $ grep -r 'Elapsed time:' 20170823073306/boost-1.64.0-r0/do_compile
> 20170823075302/boost-1.64.0-r0/do_compile
> 20170823073306/boost-1.64.0-r0/do_compile:Elapsed time: 50.96 seconds
> 20170823075302/boost-1.64.0-r0/do_compile:Elapsed time: 51.63 seconds
> 
> Thanks,
> Jackie
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > There certainly are a rush of package updates and other changes
> > coming in; apologies for the lack of warning and late arrivals.
> > Other than doing more testing and explaining what tests were done,
> > what else can we do to help?
> >
> >
> > ../Randy
> >
> >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
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