python3: use pure python UUID backend

Python3 at runtime identifies the uuid backend to use to implement safe
time-based UUID generation functions. When the python _uuid extension
module, /usr/lib/python3.7/lib-dynload/_uuid.cpython-37m-<arch>.so
is not found, the fall back is to use a pure python implementation.

 - If uuid.h from util-linux is available at build time, the _uuid
   module is built and used. A Buildroot patch allows us to disable this
   build-time check and never build the _uuid module.

With the bump to python 3.7, an optional dependency on util-linux was
added to build the _uuid module. However, this may lead to circular
dependencies. To break this circular dependency, we can disable the
build of the _uuid module and always use the pure python implementation.

Ref:
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-October/233113.html
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-September/231060.html
http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2018-October/233079.html

CC: Adam Duskett <aduskett@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com>
Tested-by: Carlos Santos <casantos@datacom.com.br>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>

diff --git a/package/python3/Config.in b/package/python3/Config.in
index 6d77396380182a1109064d523028fe54942f4904..0c5018f0b326a163b9b09428af18a1308463d0a4 100644 (file)
--- a/package/python3/Config.in
+++ b/package/python3/Config.in
@@ -89,16 +89,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_UNICODEDATA
          Unicode character database (used by stringprep module)
          (large).
 
-config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_UUID
-       bool "uuid module"
-       select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX
-       select BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_LIBUUID
-       help
-         This module provides immutable UUID objects (the UUID class)
-         and the functions uuid1(), uuid3(), uuid4(), uuid5() for
-         generating version 1, 3, 4, and 5 UUIDs as specified in RFC
-         4122.
-
 config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_SQLITE
        bool "sqlite module"
        select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE

diff --git a/package/python3/python3.mk b/package/python3/python3.mk
index efb44c04549717ee5c5ac1042ee323f927ca8978..cd01cf1ac3c840a1a2c34552e965c37972b333d9 100644 (file)
--- a/package/python3/python3.mk
+++ b/package/python3/python3.mk
@@ -94,11 +94,10 @@ ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_UNICODEDATA),y)
 PYTHON3_CONF_OPTS += --disable-unicodedata
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_UUID),y)
-PYTHON3_DEPENDENCIES += util-linux
-else
+# Disable auto-detection of uuid.h (util-linux)
+# which would add _uuid module support, instead
+# default to the pure python implementation
 PYTHON3_CONF_OPTS += --disable-uuid
-endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_BZIP2),y)
 PYTHON3_DEPENDENCIES += bzip2