--- /dev/null
+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 <tom.zanussi@intel.com>
+
+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:
DESCRIPTION = "Configuration system library"
HOMEPAGE = "http://nohomepage.org"
SECTION = "System/Libraries"
-LICENSE = "Apache License, Version 2.0"
+LICENSE = "Apache"
PROVIDES = ""