Python issue while building samba

[Anoop Singh]

Hi Members,

I am getting this error while building samba on linux machine.

File "./buildtools/bin/waf", line 76, in <module>
    Scripting.prepare(t, cwd, VERSION, wafdir)
  File "/home/abcd/external/samba/buildtools/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 145, in prepare
    prepare_impl(t, cwd, ver, wafdir)
  File "/home/abcd/external/samba/buildtools/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 135, in prepare_impl
    main()
  File "/home/abcd/external/samba/wscript", line 299, in main
    wildcard_main(wildcard_cmd)
  File "./buildtools/wafsamba/samba_wildcard.py", line 110, in wildcard_main
    fun(ctx)
  File "/home/abcd/external/samba/buildtools/wafadmin/Scripting.py", line 241, in configure
    conf.sub_config([''])
  File "/home/abcd/external/samba/buildtools/wafadmin/Configure.py", line 237, in sub_config
    self.recurse(k, name='configure')
  File "/home/abcd/external/samba/buildtools/wafadmin/Utils.py", line 634, in recurse
    f(self)
  File "/home/abcd/external/samba/wscript", line 133, in configure
    conf.RECURSE('lib/ccan')
  File "./buildtools/wafsamba/samba_utils.py", line 469, in RECURSE
    return ctx.sub_config(relpath)
  File "/home/abcd/external/samba/buildtools/wafadmin/Configure.py", line 237, in sub_config
    self.recurse(k, name='configure')
  File "/home/abcd/external/samba/buildtools/wafadmin/Utils.py", line 634, in recurse
    f(self)
  File "/home/abcd/external/samba/lib/ccan/wscript", line 133, in configure
    define_name='SMALL_OFF_T')
  File "./buildtools/wafsamba/samba_conftests.py", line 52, in check
    ret = self.run_c_code(*k, **kw)
  File "/home/abcd/external/samba/buildtools/wafadmin/Tools/config_c.py", line 569, in run_c_code
    proc = Utils.pproc.Popen([lastprog] + args, stdout=Utils.pproc.PIPE, stderr=Utils.pproc.PIPE)
  File "./buildtools/wafsamba/samba_cross.py", line 100, in __init__
    real_Popen.__init__(*(obj, args), **kw)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 710, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1327, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 8] Exec format error
make[1]: *** [/home/abcd/external/samba/samba-configured] Error 1


Here is the configuration of machine and python reported during the build

Checking for Python version >= 2.5.0                                                      : ok 2.7.6
Checking for library python2.7                                                                    : yes
Checking for program python2.7-config                                                  : not found
Checking for program python-config-2.7                                                : not found

Checking for program python                                                                     : /usr/bin/python
Checking for Python version >= 2.4.2                                                      : ok 2.7.6
Checking for python headers                                                                     : using cache

Checking build system                    : Linux Ubuntu14x64-PRJVM 3.16.0-30-generic #40~14.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jan 15 17:43:14 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Could anybody please help me to resolve this issue?

Thanks & regards,
Anoop.

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