[Python-checkins] Failed compilation on ia64 Debian buildbot slave (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Apr 4 21:42:39 CEST 2006

Thomas Heller wrote:

http://www.python.org/dev/buildbot/trunk/ia64%20Debian%20unstable%20trunk/builds/6/step-compile/0

Could it be that this compilation failure is caused by a previous failed build/test attempt, where the 'clean' step has not been run? Python's setup.py, in detectctypes(), detects that ctypes/libffi must be configured if a certain file is not present in the build directory.

It's certainly the case that the clean step wasn't run previously (because somehow, the connection to the slave was lost). However, this shouldn't cause the build to fail: it should be possible to invoke make over and over again, without invoking "make clean" in-between.

The real problem seems to be that something (what?) is looking for

/home/packages/python/buildarea/trunk.klose-debian-ia64/build/Modules/_ctypes/libffi/src/prep_cif.c

This file ought to be present, it is under subversion control.

I "fixed" it by forcing a build for that builder on a different branch; this causes a complete cleanup of the build directory, and a fresh checkout.

If this happens again, we will have to investigate what happened.

Regards, Martin

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