Previously, we used support/scripts/pycompile.py to generate the pyc
files for the python libraries.
While the script worked, it did not follow the PEP 3147 layout
requirements for py+pyc deployments.
Now, use the package's own compileall.py script. This will follow
PEP 3147 guidelines. It also supports "legacy" pyc only deployments as
described here:
https://peps.python.org/pep-3147/#case-4-legacy-pyc-files-and-source-less-imports
With this change, we no longer need to hack support for side-by-side pyc
files because files will be deployed as appropriate.
This also has the added benefit of not requiring python3 on the host to
build host-python3.
Fixes: #14911
Signed-off-by: Vincent Fazio <vfazio@xes-inc.com>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr:
- build-tested in a python-less environment
- build+run-tested with the runtime-test infra
]
Tested-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
