[yocto] dnf error

[Alexander Kanavin]

On 02/09/2018 02:25 AM, Russell Peterson wrote:
> The package I was adding had python scripts in it.  The make process
> for the package used the python distutils.core setup function.  I
> didn’t write the code… I’m just creating a recipe for it.  This in
> turn copies the scripts to various locations but in the process of
> doing that modifies the #! at the start of the script to use the
> hosttools path to python.  Not very cross-build friendly.  I simply
> patched the makefile to use the —executable=/usr/bin/python argument.
> All this does is prevent the #! modification.  Builds fine now.  Bit
> of a hack but I will speak with the developers to create a bit more
> cross build friendly options.
> 


This is actually a common issue, and we routinely patch python scripts 
after-the-fact to replace upstream's idea of where python is with 
something sane. I'd say you can almost always just hardcode

#!/usr/bin/en python3

in there.

Alex