[fedora-arm] Building python-2.7.1 for F15 armhfp

[Peter Robinson]

On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Tim Flink <tflink at redhat.com> wrote:
> I've been working on the ftbfs issues that we've been seeing for python
> in F15 for the armhfp bootstrap project.
>
> tl:dr version:
> It looks like mock is related to the failing tests that are causing the
> ftbfs. The two solutions that I can see are to either build python
> outside of mock or to patch the spec to exclude the failing tests
> (which is already being done in mainline for F16).
>
> Longer version:
> The two tests that are failing are related to running out of ptys:
>  - test_pty
>  - test_openpty
>
> This may be related to rhbz#714627 [1] and these tests have already been
> excluded for python-2.7.2 in F16 mainline [2].
>
> What I tried (and didn't work):
>  - building python-2.7.1-7.fc15 in mock on pandaboard
>  - building python-2.7.1-7.fc15 with mock 1.1.12
>   * 1.1.12 was supposed to fix the pty issue
>   * It's worth noting that this works on F15 x86_64. However, I don't
>     know how to triage this farther and have commented on the bug.
>  - building python-2.7.1-9.fc15 (git f15 head) in mock on pandaboard
>
> What I tried (and did work):
>  - patch python-2.7.1-9 to exclude test_pty and test_optenpty on arm
>  http://tflink.fedorapeople.org/packages/python/python-2.7.1-10.fc15/
>  http://tflink.fedorapeople.org/packages/python/python_armhfp_fix.diff
>
>  - build python-2.7.1-7 outside of mock
>  http://tflink.fedorapeople.org/packages/python/python-2.7.1-7.fc15.afmv7hnl_rpmbuild/

Initially at least your better off excluding them and still building
it in koji IMO.

Peter