This patch skips over the 'import check' setup.py does when building extensions. This generally won't work when cross-compiling. Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded-specific] Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi Index: Python-2.7.2/setup.py =================================================================== --- Python-2.7.2.orig/setup.py 2011-11-04 16:46:34.553796410 -0500 +++ Python-2.7.2/setup.py 2011-11-04 16:59:49.692802313 -0500 @@ -287,6 +287,15 @@ (ext.name, sys.exc_info()[1])) self.failed.append(ext.name) return + + # If we're cross-compiling, we want to skip the import check + # i.e. we shouldn't be dynamically loading target shared libs + if os.environ.get('CROSS_COMPILE') is not None: + self.announce( + 'WARNING: skipping import check for cross-compiled "%s"' % + ext.name) + return + # Workaround for Mac OS X: The Carbon-based modules cannot be # reliably imported into a command-line Python if 'Carbon' in ext.extra_link_args: