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Created on 2021-02-02 15:23 by vstinner, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.
| Pull Requests | |||
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| URL | Status | Linked | Edit |
| PR 24418 | merged | vstinner, 2021-02-02 18:12 | |
| PR 24676 | merged | ned.deily, 2021-03-01 06:39 | |
| Messages (7) | |||
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| msg386149 - (view) | Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) *  | Date: 2021-02-02 15:23 | |
Currently, "make install" copies Programs/python.o to $prefix/lib/python3.10/config-3.10-x86_64-linux-gnu/: see bpo-42307. This file is only useful to build a static Python executable with libpython3.10.a. libpython3.10.a is also copied to $prefix/lib/python3.10/config-3.10-x86_64-linux-gnu/. Most users don't build a static Python executable, so I propose to no longer build "static Python" by default and add --with-static-python option to the configure script. --- Fedora has a downstream patch to not build libpythonX.Y.a for 11 years: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/python3.10/blob/master/f/00111-no-static-lib.patch It is needed to respect the Fedora packaging guideline. The patch was introduced in Fedora to fix "python : does not adhere to Static Library Packaging Guideline" issue: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=556092 """ The package is in need of an update because it does not adhere to the guidelines for packaging static libraries: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Packaging_Static_Libraries The -devel package contains both the shared and the static build of a library. That makes it possible to link statically with the -devel package as a build requirement instead of having to build-require a special-purpose -static subpackage. Correct would be to either disable/delete the static libraries at build-time, or to %exclude them in the %files section, or to split off a -static subpackage (if there is a compelling reason as why the static libs should be made available). Please consult the guidelines for the details. [...] python-devel /usr/lib/python2.6/config/libpython2.6.so <=> /usr/lib/python2.6/config/libpython2.6.a """ | |||
| msg386153 - (view) | Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * | Date: 2021-02-02 16:32 | |
"./configure --enable-shared --prefix /opt/py310 && make && make install" installs multiple files which are only useful to create a static Python binary: $ ls /opt/py310/lib/python3.10/config-3.10-x86_64-linux-gnu/ -1 config.c config.c.in install-sh* libpython3.10.a Makefile makesetup* __pycache__/ python-config.py* python.o Setup Setup.local $ ls /opt/py310/lib/ -1 libpython3.10.so@ libpython3.10.so.1.0* libpython3.so* pkgconfig/ python3.10/ libpython3.10.a is a big file: 15 MB. Without --enable-shared, /opt/py310/lib/ contains a second copy of libpython3.10.a! Example with the Ubuntu libpython3.6-dev package: $ dpkg -L libpython3.6-dev|grep config- /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu/Makefile /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu/Setup /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu/Setup.config /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu/Setup.local /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu/config.c /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu/config.c.in /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu/install-sh /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.6m-pic.a /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython3.6m.a /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu/makesetup /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu/python-config.py /usr/lib/python3.6/config-3.6m-x86_64-linux-gnu/python.o --- By the way, it seems like many files of /opt/py310/lib/python3.10/config-3.10-x86_64-linux-gnu/ are useless. The most useful one is python-config.py script. Makefile is no longer used by sysconfig which creates _sysconfigdata__linux_x86_64-linux-gnu.py (in /opt/py310/lib/python3.10/) instead. | |||
| msg386205 - (view) | Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * | Date: 2021-02-03 13:49 | |
About the option name, I consider to rename it to: --with-static-libpython, since technically it doesn't build a static "python" executable, but a static "libpython" (.a). | |||
| msg386215 - (view) | Author: Pablo Galindo Salgado (pablogsal) * | Date: 2021-02-03 15:38 | |
There are some build systems and downstream distributors that expect the .a to be there, so I propose to at least not changing the default. | |||
| msg386216 - (view) | Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * | Date: 2021-02-03 15:41 | |
I rewrote my PR to leave the default behavior unchanged and I renamed the option to --without-static-libpython (python => libpython). | |||
| msg387137 - (view) | Author: STINNER Victor (vstinner) * | Date: 2021-02-17 10:15 | |
New changeset 801bb0b5035f8eeafe389dc082c02dfafaa07f6a by Victor Stinner in branch 'master': bpo-43103: Add configure --without-static-libpython (GH-24418) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/801bb0b5035f8eeafe389dc082c02dfafaa07f6a | |||
| msg387844 - (view) | Author: Ned Deily (ned.deily) * | Date: 2021-03-01 07:04 | |
New changeset 0608425944932f46b544afea04ae6d301a76f5f2 by Ned Deily in branch 'master': bpo-43103: Fix build failure with macOS framework builds. (GH-24676) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0608425944932f46b544afea04ae6d301a76f5f2 | |||
| History | |||
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| Date | User | Action | Args |
| 2022-04-11 14:59:40 | admin | set | github: 87269 |
| 2021-03-01 07:04:12 | ned.deily | set | messages: + msg387844 |
| 2021-03-01 06:39:49 | ned.deily | set | nosy: + ned.deily pull_requests: + pull_request23461 |
| 2021-02-17 10:59:40 | vstinner | link | issue42307 superseder |
| 2021-02-17 10:58:14 | vstinner | set | status: open -> closed resolution: fixed stage: patch review -> resolved |
| 2021-02-17 10:15:14 | vstinner | set | messages: + msg387137 |
| 2021-02-03 15:41:30 | vstinner | set | messages: + msg386216 title: Add configure option to disable build libpython.a and don't install python.o -> Add configure --without-static-libpython to not build libpython3.10.a |
| 2021-02-03 15:38:14 | pablogsal | set | nosy: + pablogsal messages: + msg386215 |
| 2021-02-03 13:49:44 | vstinner | set | messages: + msg386205 |
| 2021-02-02 18:12:54 | vstinner | set | keywords: + patch stage: patch review pull_requests: + pull_request23233 |
| 2021-02-02 16:32:05 | vstinner | set | messages: + msg386153 |
| 2021-02-02 15:23:47 | vstinner | create | |