Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (3.2)

[skrah]

BPO	15171
Nosy	@loewis, @db3l, @pitrou, @jkloth, @briancurtin, @skrah, @zware

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closed_at = <Date 2012-07-18.09:36:20.447>
created_at = <Date 2012-06-24.20:30:07.999>
labels = ['build', 'type-crash']
title = 'Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (3.2)'
updated_at = <Date 2012-07-18.09:36:20.446>
user = 'https://github.com/skrah'

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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue15171'
versions = ['Python 3.2']

[skrah]

[from bpo-15102]
http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/AMD64%20Windows7%20SP1%203.2

[python-dev]

New changeset 334ff92a8483 by Stefan Krah in branch '3.2':
Issue bpo-15171: Try the HOST_PYTHON hack for 3.2.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/334ff92a8483

[skrah]

The buildbot works with the HOST_PYTHON hack. Should we just leave
this as a permanent solution? -- I don't feel like touching the project
files for stable releases.

[%CD% should probably be quoted in the patch.]

[python-dev]

New changeset 177f93f0f5b9 by Stefan Krah in branch '3.2':
Issue bpo-15171: Quote the variable that expands to the current directory.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/177f93f0f5b9

[skrah]

Did the Windows XP-4 bot start failing after 334ff92a8483 ?

The logs don't go back very far:

http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/x86%20XP-4%203.2

[skrah]

David, do you have an idea why the XP-4 3.2 machine fails the compile?
I can't reproduce this and I don't know if it's related to
334ff92a8483 or 177f93f0f5b9.

[db3l]

It seems really unlikely to be related to this issue since I'm pretty sure build-amd64 doesn't get used on XP-4.

From the log it looks like it couldn't clean out and reuse the VS temporary build directory. Manually cleaning it out and restarting the last build appears to have at least gotten past compiling.

I can't really explain why this was a problem, when I was able to manually remove the directory without error, and couldn't find any stray processes that may have been holding references to the files in that temporary directory.

[pitrou]

David, since you are here, perhaps you could take a look at why your Windows 7 buildbot doesn't compile?
http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/x86%20Windows7%203.x

I tried to e-mail you but apparently you didn't receive the message.

[skrah]

Thanks, David! I'll close this issue, perhaps the compile failures
on the Windows 7 buildbot can be sorted out separately.