[Ltib] Build host python

[Mike Goins]

I am having a bit of problem building python modules.

First, Python builds just fine for target platform, but when it comes
to build python modules, the host python get picked up in the build
process which is typically version 2.6 so the site-packages get
installed under python2.6 on the rootfs as opposed to the desired
python2.4.   The solution that should work is to install python2.4 as
part of the host packages in /opt/ltib/.   That way building python
modules (and python for the target itself) should see 2.4.   This
should also avoid bootstrapping a host python to build the target
platform, thus simplifying it just a bit.

So far I have been unable to even just build the host python, which I
would have thought to be the easiest step. The error I am getting is

<snip build process>

running build
running build_ext
building '_curses_panel' extension
gcc -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I.
-I/opt/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.4.4/./Include
-I/opt/ltib/usr/include -I/usr/local/include
-I/opt/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.4.4/Include
-I/opt/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.4.4 -c
/opt/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.4.4/Modules/_curses_panel.c -o
build/temp.linux-i686-2.4/_curses_panel.o
/opt/ltib/usr/src/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.4.4/Modules/_curses_panel.c:17:19:
error: panel.h: No such file or directory


I think panel.h is part of the ncurses library, which is already
installed as required by ltib.  Doesn't seem to see it.

I have never added a new package to the hostcf, the steps:
Add a new host spec file. Add that entry to config/plaform/pkg_map.
run ./ltib --hostcf -p python
This triggers the correct build but is not completing as shown above.

Am I missing something for host packages?