linux/tools/scripts/utilities.mak

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perf tools: Makefile: PYTHON{,_CONFIG} to bandage Python 3 incompatibility Currently, Python 3 is not supported by perf's code; this can cause the build to fail for systems that have Python 3 installed as the default python: python{,-config} The Correct Solution is to write compatibility code so that Python 3 works out-of-the-box. However, users often have an ancillary Python 2 installed: python2{,-config} Therefore, a quick fix is to allow the user to specify those ancillary paths as the python binaries that Makefile should use, thereby avoiding Python 3 altogether; as an added benefit, the Python binaries may be installed in non-standard locations without the need for updating any PATH variable. This commit adds the ability to set PYTHON and/or PYTHON_CONFIG either as environment variables or as make variables on the command line; the paths may be relative, and usually only PYTHON is necessary in order for PYTHON_CONFIG to be defined implicitly. Some rudimentary error checking is performed when the user explicitly specifies a value for any of these variables. In addition, this commit introduces significantly robust makefile infrastructure for working with paths and communicating with the shell; it's currently only used for handling Python, but I hope it will prove useful in refactoring the makefiles. Thanks to: Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@wnohang.net> for motivating this patch. Acked-by: Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@wnohang.net> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e987828e-87ec-4973-95e7-47f10f5d9bab-mfwitten@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-04-02 21:46:09 +00:00
perf tools: Makefile: PYTHON{,_CONFIG} to bandage Python 3 incompatibility Currently, Python 3 is not supported by perf's code; this can cause the build to fail for systems that have Python 3 installed as the default python: python{,-config} The Correct Solution is to write compatibility code so that Python 3 works out-of-the-box. However, users often have an ancillary Python 2 installed: python2{,-config} Therefore, a quick fix is to allow the user to specify those ancillary paths as the python binaries that Makefile should use, thereby avoiding Python 3 altogether; as an added benefit, the Python binaries may be installed in non-standard locations without the need for updating any PATH variable. This commit adds the ability to set PYTHON and/or PYTHON_CONFIG either as environment variables or as make variables on the command line; the paths may be relative, and usually only PYTHON is necessary in order for PYTHON_CONFIG to be defined implicitly. Some rudimentary error checking is performed when the user explicitly specifies a value for any of these variables. In addition, this commit introduces significantly robust makefile infrastructure for working with paths and communicating with the shell; it's currently only used for handling Python, but I hope it will prove useful in refactoring the makefiles. Thanks to: Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@wnohang.net> for motivating this patch. Acked-by: Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@wnohang.net> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e987828e-87ec-4973-95e7-47f10f5d9bab-mfwitten@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-04-02 21:46:09 +00:00
perf tools: Makefile: PYTHON{,_CONFIG} to bandage Python 3 incompatibility Currently, Python 3 is not supported by perf's code; this can cause the build to fail for systems that have Python 3 installed as the default python: python{,-config} The Correct Solution is to write compatibility code so that Python 3 works out-of-the-box. However, users often have an ancillary Python 2 installed: python2{,-config} Therefore, a quick fix is to allow the user to specify those ancillary paths as the python binaries that Makefile should use, thereby avoiding Python 3 altogether; as an added benefit, the Python binaries may be installed in non-standard locations without the need for updating any PATH variable. This commit adds the ability to set PYTHON and/or PYTHON_CONFIG either as environment variables or as make variables on the command line; the paths may be relative, and usually only PYTHON is necessary in order for PYTHON_CONFIG to be defined implicitly. Some rudimentary error checking is performed when the user explicitly specifies a value for any of these variables. In addition, this commit introduces significantly robust makefile infrastructure for working with paths and communicating with the shell; it's currently only used for handling Python, but I hope it will prove useful in refactoring the makefiles. Thanks to: Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@wnohang.net> for motivating this patch. Acked-by: Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@wnohang.net> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e987828e-87ec-4973-95e7-47f10f5d9bab-mfwitten@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-04-02 21:46:09 +00:00
perf tools: Revert regression in configuration of Python support Among other things, the following: commit 31160d7feab786c991780d7f0ce2755a469e0e5e Date: Tue Jan 8 16:22:36 2013 -0500 perf tools: Fix GNU make v3.80 compatibility issue attempts to aid the user by tapping into an existing error message, as described in the commit message: ... Also fix an issue where _get_attempt was called with only one argument. This prevented the error message from printing the name of the variable that can be used to fix the problem. or more precisely: -$(if $($(1)),$(call _ge_attempt,$($(1)),$(1)),$(call _ge_attempt,$(2))) +$(if $($(1)),$(call _ge_attempt,$($(1)),$(1)),$(call _ge_attempt,$(2),$(1))) However, The "missing" argument was in fact missing on purpose; it's absence is a signal that the error message should be skipped, because the failure would be due to the default value, not any user-supplied value. This can be seen in how `_ge_attempt' uses `gea_err' (in the config/utilities.mak file): _ge_attempt = $(if $(get-executable),$(get-executable),$(_gea_warn)$(call _gea_err,$(2))) _gea_warn = $(warning The path '$(1)' is not executable.) _gea_err = $(if $(1),$(error Please set '$(1)' appropriately)) That is, because the argument is no longer missing, the value `$(1)' (associated with `_gea_err') always evaluates to true, thus always triggering the error condition that is meant to be reserved for only the case when a user explicitly supplies an invalid value. Concretely, the result is a regression in the Makefile's configuration of python support; rather than gracefully disable support when the relevant executables cannot be found according to default values, the build process halts in error as though the user explicitly supplied the values. This new commit simply reverts the offending one-line change. Reported-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAOJsxLHv17Ys3M7P5q25imkUxQW6LE_vABxh1N3Tt7Mv6Ho4iw@mail.gmail.com Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
2013-04-17 02:23:16 +00:00
perf tools: Makefile: PYTHON{,_CONFIG} to bandage Python 3 incompatibility Currently, Python 3 is not supported by perf's code; this can cause the build to fail for systems that have Python 3 installed as the default python: python{,-config} The Correct Solution is to write compatibility code so that Python 3 works out-of-the-box. However, users often have an ancillary Python 2 installed: python2{,-config} Therefore, a quick fix is to allow the user to specify those ancillary paths as the python binaries that Makefile should use, thereby avoiding Python 3 altogether; as an added benefit, the Python binaries may be installed in non-standard locations without the need for updating any PATH variable. This commit adds the ability to set PYTHON and/or PYTHON_CONFIG either as environment variables or as make variables on the command line; the paths may be relative, and usually only PYTHON is necessary in order for PYTHON_CONFIG to be defined implicitly. Some rudimentary error checking is performed when the user explicitly specifies a value for any of these variables. In addition, this commit introduces significantly robust makefile infrastructure for working with paths and communicating with the shell; it's currently only used for handling Python, but I hope it will prove useful in refactoring the makefiles. Thanks to: Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@wnohang.net> for motivating this patch. Acked-by: Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@wnohang.net> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e987828e-87ec-4973-95e7-47f10f5d9bab-mfwitten@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2011-04-02 21:46:09 +00:00
perf tools: Makefile: PYTHON{,_CONFIG} to bandage Python 3 incompatibility Currently, Python 3 is not supported by perf's code; this can cause the build to fail for systems that have Python 3 installed as the default python: python{,-config} The Correct Solution is to write compatibility code so that Python 3 works out-of-the-box. However, users often have an ancillary Python 2 installed: python2{,-config} Therefore, a quick fix is to allow the user to specify those ancillary paths as the python binaries that Makefile should use, thereby avoiding Python 3 altogether; as an added benefit, the Python binaries may be installed in non-standard locations without the need for updating any PATH variable. This commit adds the ability to set PYTHON and/or PYTHON_CONFIG either as environment variables or as make variables on the command line; the paths may be relative, and usually only PYTHON is necessary in order for PYTHON_CONFIG to be defined implicitly. Some rudimentary error checking is performed when the user explicitly specifies a value for any of these variables. In addition, this commit introduces significantly robust makefile infrastructure for working with paths and communicating with the shell; it's currently only used for handling Python, but I hope it will prove useful in refactoring the makefiles. Thanks to: Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@wnohang.net> for motivating this patch. Acked-by: Raghavendra D Prabhu <rprabhu@wnohang.net> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e987828e-87ec-4973-95e7-47f10f5d9bab-mfwitten@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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