When the OpenCV3 Python support is enabled with Python 3.x, it builds
properly, and the resulting .so file is built for the target
architecture, but its name is wrong:
output/target/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cv2.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
This prevents Python 3.x from importing the module:
>>> import cv2
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'cv2'
In order to fix this, we simply need to pass PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_ENV
in the environment. The Python module then gets named:
output/target/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cv2.cpython-36m-arm-linux-gnueabi.so
And can be imported properly:
>>> import cv2
>>>
This solution was suggested by Arnout Vandecappelle in
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/
49059035/buildroot-opencv3-python-package-builds-for-the-wrong-target.
With Python 2.x, the module is named just cv2.so so this problem isn't
visible. However, for consistency, we also pass
PKG_PYTHON_DISTUTILS_ENV when building against Python 2.x, by putting
the OPENCV3_CONF_ENV assignment inside the
BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV3_LIB_PYTHON condition, but outside the
BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3/BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON condition.
Signed-off-by: Sasha Shyrokov <alexander-shyrokov@idexx.com>
[Thomas: extend the commit log, apply the solution to Python 2.x.]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>