[oe] [PATCH] python.inc: add `--disable-ipv6` to `EXTRA_OECONF`

[Khem Raj]

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Koen Kooi <k.kooi at student.utwente.nl> wrote:
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> On 14-01-11 21:16, Khem Raj wrote:
>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Koen Kooi <k.kooi at student.utwente.nl> wrote:
>> On 14-01-11 19:58, Koen Kooi wrote:
>>>>> On 14-01-11 10:10, Paul Menzel wrote:
>>>>>> From b2e249702a0f6b5e36a4b095f5a4c495aa5ec14f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>>>>> From: Paul Menzel <paulepanter at users.sourceforge.net>
>>>>>> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:48:08 +0100
>>>>>> Subject: [PATCH] python.inc: add `--disable-ipv6` to `EXTRA_OECONF`
>>>>>
>>>>>> Since commit d729d14d [1] task `configure` for `python_2.6.5` and `python_2.7.1` fails with the following error message when compiling with `angstrom_2008.1` for `MACHINE = "beagleboard"`.
>>>>>
>>>>>>      checking for major... yes
>>>>>>      checking for getaddrinfo... yes
>>>>>>      checking getaddrinfo bug... buggy
>>>>>>      Fatal: You must get working getaddrinfo() function.
>>>>>>                   or you can specify "--disable-ipv6".
>>>>>>      ERROR: Function do_configure failed
>>>>>
>>>>>> Disable IPv6 for now in Python unconditionally until a better solution is found.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think disabling ipv6 is the way to go, I'm comparing the eglibc
>>>>> before and after d729d14d to see if that reveals a clue. If it doesn't,
>>>>> let's put in your patch for the time being.
>>
>> .... and the difference is that options-group.config is empty before d72
>> and fully populated after it. OPTION_EGLIBC_ADVANCED_INET6 is set to Y
>> in both cases it seems.
>>
>>> I was expecting it to converge to this. Do u see that libraries
>>> libc.so before and after have different content too ?
>>> Could be that the option config mechanism is getting it wrong somehow
>>> may be I should only populate options-group.config
>>> with disabled features
>
> Populating it only with disabled features would match the old behaviour
> and should make python build again. I doesn't give us the root cause,
> but at least it would build :)

yeah it would be a bug in option config if it could not deal with an
option being set to 'y' twice

>
> regards,
>
> Koen
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