rlimit binaries? really?
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Description
It seems someone has prebuilt rlimit for several platforms and installs them as binaries as part of a python package. It should go without saying this is unconventional. Not to mention, it obviously doesn't cover every platform. The 4 major BSD systems for starters.
Why isn't rlimit being built from source by the module priority to installation?
I found this issue because the build failed sanity checks -- e.g. there are libraries linked by these rlimit libraries that obviously are not present on the host system.
This is not a good approach. If you need an rlimit binary, then build it in real time so it's guaranteed to be available for the host platform.
I've honestly never seen this approach before.
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Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by tracing how the Python package installs rlimit binaries and how those binaries are built and linked; done means rlimit is built for the host platform during installation and the package passes its sanity checks.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100