distcc build fails on a cross-compile configuration

[doqfgc]

distcc fails to build on a cross-comp config with missing 'setuptools', please advise

partial output from # t2 build-target -cfg g4

15:34:21 36/4069 Building 0-develop/distcc (3.4 b83dd2e) ~2s
  Building in src.distcc.g4.260103.153420.7282, with 8 threads
  Writing output to $root/var/adm/logs/0-distcc.out
! gcc -g -O2 -MD -W -Wall -Wimplicit -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wmissing-declarations -Wunini ..
! gcc -g -O2 -MD -W -Wall -Wimplicit -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wmissing-declarations -Wunini ..
! Traceback (most recent call last):
!   File "/usr/src/t2-src/src.distcc.g4.260103.153420.7282/distcc.git/./include_server/setup.py", line 34, in <module>
!     import setuptools
! ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools'
! Due to previous errors, no 0-distcc.log file!
! (Try enabling xtrace in the config to track an error inside the build system.)
  +00:00:04 Aborted building develop/distcc

Host system: arm64 virtual machine on an M4 Mac mini
Compile target: powerpc

[coolluke1992]

t2 inst setuptools you need it installed locally

[doqfgc]

No package scheduled to build. looks like it's already installed.

[foxdrodd]

The number of packages 36/4069 look like you didn't set a "Package preselection template" to restrict the number of packages in the target, is this on purpose?

You can set this in t2 config -cfg <configname> the second menu-entry from the top), so that you don't build ALL of the packages, but only a defined set of necessary packages. base-desktop should be around 400 packages.

You can also see this setting in the config/<configname>/config that is below e.g. to build the base desktop target packages:

export SDECFG_PKGSEL_TMPL='base-desktop'

[doqfgc]

The number of packages 36/4069 look like you didn't set a "Package preselection template" to restrict the number of packages in the target, is this on purpose?

.... no. I just read the T2 Book and ran the commands as they were written. I didn't even realise this was a thing selectable.

[foxdrodd]

Yep, it is selectable, most other things are either configurable or easily hackable to customize. (As it is flexible to target from an embedded device to a full desktop, cross built, different libcs, compilers, 32bit userland, ..)
I would suggest to select base or base-desktop to get started, which contains all vital packages, which can later be extended, if you wanted to build for more special set of package selection.

[foxdrodd]

@doqfgc did the pkg selection fix something for you?

[doqfgc]

It subverted the build of distcc specifically, we'll see after 415 more packages built (of 470). Even on the latest and greatest, building software is not that fast (though I'm still pleased it's not on any of my older hardware).

edit: I jinxed it making this post-- it dropped out on building ncurses.

** Building terminfo database, please wait...
Running sh ./shlib tic to install /usr/src/t2-src/build/g4-25-svn-generic-powerpc-7400-linux/usr/share/terminfo ...
^-65/470-ncurses
^-65/470You may see messages regarding extended capabilities, e.g., AX.
^-65/470These are extended terminal capabilities which are compiled
^-65/470usingses
^-65/470-ncursestic -x
^-65/470If you have ncurses 4.2 applications, you should read the INSTALL
^-65/470document, and install the terminfo without the -x option.
^-65/470-ncurses
./shlib: ../progs/tic: not executable: 32-bit ELF file
./shlib: ../progs/tic: not executable: 32-bit ELF file
? tic could not build /usr/src/t2-src/build/g4-25-svn-generic-powerpc-7400-linux/usr/share/terminfo
make[1]: *** [Makefile:122: install.data] Error 1

[foxdrodd]

unfortunately, thats a known issue with the last ncurses update, still to be fixed. Best revert ncurses to r83359 until its really fixed.

svn up package/base/ncurses -r r83359