From 791b6c7029f0b6fcbae872645ddf7cfb634d125a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 19:11:08 +0000
Subject: Fix a problem when building Python in Chapter 5 where some hosts may
 use host dependent headers.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11519 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
---
 chapter05/python.xml | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'chapter05')

diff --git a/chapter05/python.xml b/chapter05/python.xml
index a52c08294..951185b31 100644
--- a/chapter05/python.xml
+++ b/chapter05/python.xml
@@ -43,9 +43,31 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Python</title>
 
+    <para>This package first builds the Python interpreter, then some
+    standard Python modules. The main script for building modules is
+    written in Python, and uses hard-coded paths to the host <filename
+    class="directory">/usr/include</filename> and <filename
+    class="directory">/usr/lib</filename> directories. To prevent them
+    from being used, issue:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/def add_multiarch_paths/a \        return' setup.py</userinput></screen>
+
     <para>Prepare Python for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools --with-ensurepip=no</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/tools --without-ensurepip</userinput></screen>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--without-ensurepip</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This switch disables the Python installer, which is not needed
+          at this stage.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>
 
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