Bug 521141 - rpmbuild brp-python-bytecompile does not honor %{__python}
Summary: rpmbuild brp-python-bytecompile does not honor %{__python}
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: redhat-rpm-config
Version: 11
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Panu Matilainen
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Reported: 2009-09-03 20:26 UTC by Bowe Strickland
Modified: 2010-02-02 09:56 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2010-02-02 09:56:08 UTC
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Description Bowe Strickland 2009-09-03 20:26:05 UTC 
developers can specify a different python interpreter by defining the __python macro.  although brp-python-bytecompile can use a custom python interpreter specified as $1, the default __os_install_post macro neglects to do so.

Suggest trivial fix to /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/macros:

    s:brp-python-bytecompile \:brp-python-bytecompile %{__python} \:
Comment 1 Panu Matilainen 2009-09-15 10:52:18 UTC 
/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/macros is owned by redhat-rpm-config, not rpm itself...
Comment 2 Andrew McNabb 2009-09-28 21:59:52 UTC 
I noticed this bug, too.  If you are building a Python RPM, brp-python-bytecompile will use the system Python for bytecompiling libraries.  The correct behavior is to use ./python (the newly built interpreter).  Unfortunately, looking at the __python macro probably isn't enough.  The correct interpreter also needs to be called with the environment LD_LIBRARY_PATH=".".

In cases like this, it would probably best for the RPM creator to manually run:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. /usr/lib/rpm/brp-python-bytecompile ./python

but there needs to be a way to disable automatic bytecompilation.
Comment 3 Panu Matilainen 2010-02-02 09:56:08 UTC 
Fixed in rawhide as of redhat-rpm-config-9.1.0.
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