Re: Python's deploy directory missing

On 8/10/2002 22:34, Shprentz, Joel [C] wrote:

> already in
> progress:/sys/ark-state/package/python--2.2.1/mkdir-deploy--sparc-solaris8.x
> ml
> 
> When I looked, mkdir-deploy--sparc-solaris8.xml was missing from the
> /sys/ark-state/package/python--2.2.1 directory.
> 
> What about the other deploy directory, /our/.-ark-deploy/python--2.2.1?
> It was created during the <install-bits> method.
> 
> Something seems odd here.  I'll think about it overnight.

Hi Joel,

Not looked at the output too closely, but I usually find that these sort of
"hmmm, I'm sure I was already doing that" errors from ARK are a sign that
there's a cyclic dependency.

I would guess that a dependency from 'mkdir-deploy' on 'python--2.2.1'
somehow leads back to Python again. I'm taking a wild guess here that
because the mkdir-deploy method is written in Python (see ALL.xml) it is
creating a dependency on a particular build of Python, perhaps because it
looks up the 'host:PYTHON' resource and this has a constraint on it
requiring Python to be built?

Will might have something more sensible to say here ;-)

Jonathan

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