On 02/12/19 18:16, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote: > On 2/12/19 3:02 PM, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >> On 02/12/19 14:33, Gao, Liming wrote: >>> Laszlo: >>> To install python3-distutils should resolve this issue. I expect BaseTools >>> build functionality doesn't depend on the third party python lib. >> >> I completely agree with your expectation, regarding *3rd party* python >> packages. We shouldn't expect developers to install packages from >> repositories that fall outside of their normal distro repos. >> >> However, my understanding was that python3-distutils should be available >> as a normal (not 3rd party) component on Ubuntu 18. I think we can >> expect developers to install additional packages if those packages are >> readily available in their normal (distro-provided) repos. > > The documentation is not precise about the python package to install, it > simply states "Install Python 2.7.10": > > https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/Getting-Started-with-EDK-II > > -- > > Except python, there is a precise list of packages to install for this > distro: "sudo apt-get install build-essential uuid-dev iasl git gcc-5 > nasm", per: > > https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/Using-EDK-II-with-Native-GCC#Install_required_software_from_apt > > Maybe we simply need to update the doc to ask python3 and add > python3-distutils in the list?
I didn't realize we had Ubuntu-specific instructions for setting up the environment :) So yes, if Liming & Hao confirm python3-distutils is available as part of Ubuntu 18, then the docs should likely be updated as you say. Thanks Laszlo > >> >>> So, I suggest to check whether python3-distutils is the native python >>> library. If it is native python library, why Ubuntu18 doesn't include it. I >>> will work with Dandan to collect more information. >> >> Right, that's exactly what I'm asking for. Thank you very much! >> Laszlo >> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Laszlo Ersek [mailto:ler...@redhat.com] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 8:24 PM >>>> To: Feng, Bob C <bob.c.f...@intel.com>; Bi, Dandan <dandan...@intel.com> >>>> Cc: edk2-devel@lists.01.org; Gao, Liming <liming....@intel.com> >>>> Subject: Re: [edk2] [Patch 0/3] BaseTools: Implement splitquoted function >>>> >>>> On 02/04/19 20:12, Laszlo Ersek wrote: >>>>> On 02/03/19 06:55, Feng, Bob C wrote: >>>>>> BZ: https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1509 >>>>>> On some Linux environment, there may be no distutils.util >>>>>> library for python3 that will cause build tool crash. >>>>>> This patch implement distutils.util.split_quoted >>>>>> in BaseTools so that the Basetools will be independent with >>>>>> distutils.util library. >>>>>> >>>>>> Feng, Bob C (3): >>>>>> BaseTools: Implement splitquoted function in Build tool >>>>>> BaseTools: Implement splitquoted function in UPT >>>>>> BaseTools: unit test for splitquoted function >>>>>> >>>>>> BaseTools/Source/Python/AutoGen/UniClassObject.py | 50 >>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- >>>>>> BaseTools/Source/Python/UPT/Library/UniClassObject.py | 47 >>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- >>>>>> BaseTools/Tests/TestStringSplit.py | 38 >>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>>>> 3 files changed, 128 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) >>>>>> create mode 100644 BaseTools/Tests/TestStringSplit.py >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Is this really necessary? BZ#1509 references Ubuntu18; however it looks >>>>> like the issue can be resolved by a simple package installation on >>>>> Ubuntu 18: >>>>> >>>>> https://superuser.com/questions/1319047/cant-install-virtual-interpreter-in-pycharm-in-linux >>>>> >>>>> """ >>>>> sudo apt-get install python3-distutils >>>>> """ >>>>> >>>>> I'm not a Ubuntu user myself; so all I can do here (without installing a >>>>> Ubuntu18 VM) is check the Ubuntu package directory: >>>>> >>>>> https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=python3-distutils&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all >>>>> >>>>> python3-distutils appears available for both "bionic (18.04LTS)" and >>>>> "cosmic (18.10)". >>>>> >>>>> Dandan, if you install python3-distutils, does that solve the issue for >>>>> you? >>>> >>>> I'd still like to get an answer to my question, before the series is >>>> pushed. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Laszlo >> >> _______________________________________________ >> edk2-devel mailing list >> edk2-devel@lists.01.org >> https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel >> _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
