[ome-devel] OMERO build on Ubuntu 9.04

[josh.moore at gmx.de]

Hi again,

the problem stems from a change in python 2.6 in which now
build/lib.<platform>-<arch>-<pyversion> is used rather than just
build/lib.

I've created a ticket for this:

  https://trac.openmicroscopy.org.uk/omero/ticket/1344

and it should be fixed in trunk shortly. We'll need to test it there
before backporting it.

The change if you want to apply it yourself, Mark, is:

diff --git a/components/tools/python.xml b/components/tools/python.xml
index 26b5ed3..ee020f5 100644
--- a/components/tools/python.xml
+++ b/components/tools/python.xml
@@ -27,9 +27,14 @@
     </macrodef>
 
     <target name="python-build" unless="env.NOPYTHON">
-        <mkdir dir="${basedir}/build/lib"/>
+        <property name="py.target" value="${basedir}/build/lib"/>
+        <mkdir dir="${py.target}"/>
         <setup_py>
             <arg value="build"/>
+            <arg value="--build-platlib"/>
+            <arg value="${py.target}"/>
+            <arg value="--build-purelib"/>
+            <arg value="${py.target}"/>
         </setup_py>
         <setup_py>
             <arg value="bdist_egg"/>


Cheers,
~Josh.

P.S. We haven't yet made a decision to actively support python 2.6. We're
certainly interested in hearing any issues you have and how many 2.6
users there are out there. But having everything in place will take
some time.

josh.moore at gmx.de writes:
 > Mark Woodbridge writes:
 >  > Hi,
 > 
 > Hey Mark.
 > 
 >  > ./build.py doesn't seem to work correctly on Ubuntu 9.04 - it completes 
 >  > successfully but doesn't put anything in dist/lib/python except django 
 >  > and omeroweb.
 >  > 
 >  > Ubuntu 9.04 ships with Python 2.6, which may be the cause of the problem.
 > 
 > Thanks for the heads up. We'll be getting VM images for Ubuntu 9.04
 > setup in the next few days and will try it out.
 > 
 >  > Mark.
 > 
 > ~Josh.