Hi, Liming:

There is some Python tips as descripted below during udk compiling process.

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--- Logging error ---

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "C:\Users\Lion\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\logging\__init__.py", line 1028, in emit

    stream.write(msg + self.terminator)

UnicodeEncodeError: 'gbk' codec can't encode character '\u0478' in position 0: illegal multibyte sequence

Call stack:

  File "C:\Users\ Lion \AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\threading.py", line 890, in _bootstrap

    self._bootstrap_inner()

  File "C:\Users\ Lion \AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\threading.py", line 926, in _bootstrap_inner

    self.run()

  File "C:\Users\ Lion \AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\lib\threading.py", line 870, in run

    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)

  File "Y:\BaseTools\Source\Python\build\build.py", line 179, in ReadMessage

    To(Line.rstrip().decode(encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore'))

……

 

So, Is it OK?

 

Thanks

 

Tiger:

 

 

 

Hi, Liming:

Based on the below web info:

https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/Edk2-buildtools

[Liming] This page is out of date. buildtools-BaseTools is DEPRECATED. Use BaseTools under EDK II instead.

 

The python tools are used to compile the building tools written by python.

 

https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/BuildTool-Setup-Guide

in the above web, it said:

“The tools in this section are NOT required to build the EDK II project; they are needed to compile the BaseTools used to build the EDK II project.”

[Liming] Thanks for your point. I will update this wiki page.

 

If I used the Prebuilt Windows tools (Win32 binaries), then I don’t need install python package anymore?

 

Or, current UDK source code doesn’t support prebuilt tools binary, it always need installing Python to compile python build tools every time.

[Liming] Now, edk2 requires Python3.x for build. This change happened one year ago. Please see https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/29436.

 

Liming

 

Thanks

 

Now, edk2 stable tag release is https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/EDK-II-Release-Planning

 

After edk2-stable201903 tag, edk2 supports Python3. User needs to install Python3.x, doesn’t need to set PYTHON path.

 

Thanks

Liming

 

Hello,

I have a question about needing install python 2.7

 

If user wants to setup udk compiling environment, he needs install python 2.7.

When running build command every time, it always check python tool path.

Why?

 

If I compiled basetools before, and use the prebuilt basetools package, then I don’t need install python 2.7 package?

 

Thanks