feat(python): drop configure-project-installer, inline autotools build (cluster B 8/8 — sweep complete)#69
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Switch fromsource:python (cpython) to its own inline autotools build,
applying the cluster-A sandbox-fix template. This is the last cluster B
leaf and exercises every other cluster-B fix end-to-end (zlib, openssl,
ncurses, readline, libffi, bzip2, xz-utils, util-linux/libuuid).
* paths derived from pkginfo.install_file() (path.absolute is nil)
* configure + make + install chained in single sh -c (os.cd doesn't
propagate to system.exec children)
* fixed -j8
* deps: explicit xim:gcc + xim:make + xim:xpkg-helper (previously
pulled in transitively via xim:configure-project-installer)
* license: humanized string -> SPDX PSF-2.0
* env exports kept inline in sh -c (TZDIR, CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS) so they
reach the configure subprocess; os.setenv at lua scope didn't reach
configure's grandchildren via xpkg-helper indirection in the legacy
flow.
CPPFLAGS / LDFLAGS extensions:
-I<sysroot>/usr/include core stdlib deps
-I<sysroot>/usr/include/ncurses for `<termcap.h>` / `<curses.h>`
flat lookup (ncurses installs
these under the ncurses/ subdir)
-I<sysroot>/usr/include/openssl for openssl 3 headers (some are
under the openssl/ subdir)
-L<sysroot>/lib find xvm-shimmed shared libs
-Wl,-rpath,/home/xlings/.xlings_data/subos/linux/lib
bake canonical xlings runtime
lib path so the produced python
binary loads its dependent
shared libs from a user-machine
install, not the build host
Configure flags:
--enable-shared ship libpython3.13.so for embedders
--with-computed-gotos faster main loop dispatch
--enable-ipv6 IPv6 sockets
--enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions ready for future fromsource:sqlite3
--with-system-ffi link against fromsource:libffi
Verified end-to-end in xlings 0.4.9 iso (with cluster B 1..7 all
MERGED upstream as #62..#68):
✓ configure -> make -j8 -> make install (~1m20s with deps cached)
✓ produced bin/python3, bin/pip3, bin/idle3, bin/python3-config
✓ produced lib/libpython3.13.so.1.0
✓ python3 --version -> 3.13.1
✓ stdlib import sanity:
- zlib (zlib 1.3.1)
- ssl (OpenSSL 3.1.5 30 Jan 2024)
- hashlib (sha256 round-trip)
- lzma (xz-utils via _lzma)
- bz2 (bzip2)
- uuid (util-linux libuuid)
- readline (8.2 patched series)
- ctypes (libffi)
_sqlite3 is intentionally skipped (no fromsource:sqlite3 yet — tracked
under the existing "TODO: gdbm, sqlite3, tk/tkinter" line in deps).
Cluster B leaf 8/8 — sweep complete. Net effect across cluster B:
`grep -lR configure-project-installer pkgs/` should now match zero.
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Summary
fromsource:python(cpython) fromxim:configure-project-installershim to its own inline autotools buildPSF-2.0Configure flags
Verification (local isolated xlings 0.4.9, with cluster B #62..#68 all merged)
bin/{python3, pip3, idle3, python3-config}+lib/libpython3.13.so.1.0python3 --version→Python 3.13.1zlib(1.3.1)ssl(OpenSSL 3.1.5)hashlib(sha256 ok)lzma(via xz-utils)bz2(via bzip2)uuid(via util-linux libuuid)readline(8.2 patched series)ctypes(via libffi)_sqlite3intentionally skipped (nofromsource:sqlite3yet — tracked under existing-- TODO: gdbm, sqlite3, tk/tkinterin deps)Net effect across cluster B
After this lands,
grep -lR configure-project-installer pkgs/matches zero packages — the sandbox-fix template now covers 100% of fromsource source-builds (cluster A 34 pkgs + cluster B 8 pkgs = 42 + bzip2 baseline).Test plan