[Buildroot] Build error when trying to build the py-smbus package of i2c-tools

[Thomas Weininger]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arnout Vandecappelle [mailto:arnout at mind.be]
> Sent: Freitag, 21. Juni 2013 12:48
> To: Thomas Weininger
> Cc: buildroot at busybox.net
> Subject: Re: [Buildroot] Build error when trying to build the py-smbus
> package of i2c-tools
>
> On 21/06/13 12:31, Thomas Weininger wrote:
> >>> > >
> >>> > >So it uses Python distutils (the setup.py) in order to build
> >>> > >smbus.so. And it
> >> >seems to me that it uses the host distutils instead of the target
> >> >system's one.
> >>> > >If this is the problem, then the Module.mk or the setup.py will
> >>> > >most likely
> >> >need to be patched in order to use the target system toolchain?
> >> >
> >> >   Hang on, maybe you have to build host-python-setuptools first?
> > [Thomas Weininger]
> > I can't find a python-setuptools option in the host utilities menu in
> Buildroot's make menuconfig. How can I build it?
> > However, for the target BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_SETUPTOOLS is set.
>
>   It's not a user-selectable host package, since it is only needed to build
> other packages.  Normally, you build it by adding it to the
> I2C_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES variable. But you can also do it directly from the
> command line:
>
> make host-python-setuptools
> make i2c-tools-dirclean # Just to be sure make
>

[Thomas Weininger]
I executed
make host-python-setuptools
make i2c-tools-dirclean
make i2c-tools-rebuild

Still the same error.

Regards
Thomas
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