Problems in patching files during building for android_new

[khalakhelo]

I had so many issues trying to build kivy apps using Buildozer, managed to pass them, but here is one I failed to pass.
The building process halts with error in patching files in python2 recipe.
Here is the error output:

[INFO]:    Applying patches for python2[armeabi-v7a]
[INFO]:    Applying patch patches/Python-2.7.2-xcompile.patch
[INFO]:    -> running patch -t -d /home/k/kivy-examples/android/compass/.buildozer/android/platform/build/build/...(and 163 more)
           working: No file to patch.  Skipping patch.     [INFO]:    STDOUT (last 10 lines of 31):                                        
	Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?	
The text leading up to this was:	
--------------------------	
|diff -urN Python-2.7.2/setup.py ltib/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.7.2/setup.py	
|--- Python-2.7.2/setup.py	2011-06-11 11:46:28.000000000 -0400	
|+++ ltib/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.7.2/setup.py	2011-11-14 12:13:02.175758583 -0500	
--------------------------	
No file to patch.  Skipping patch.	
6 out of 6 hunks ignored	
patching file Lib/plat-linux3/regen
[INFO]:    STDERR:
	
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 174, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 837, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 834, in main
    ToolchainCL()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 489, in __init__
    getattr(self, args.subparser_name.replace('-', '_'))(args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 147, in wrapper_func
    build_dist_from_args(ctx, dist, args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 190, in build_dist_from_args
    build_recipes(build_order, python_modules, ctx)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/build.py", line 555, in build_recipes
    recipe.apply_patches(arch)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/recipe.py", line 508, in apply_patches
    arch.arch)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/recipe.py", line 228, in apply_patch
    "-i", filename, _tail=10)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/logger.py", line 173, in shprint
    for line in output:
  File "/home/k/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 565, in next
    self.wait()
  File "/home/k/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 500, in wait
    self.handle_command_exit_code(exit_code)
  File "/home/k/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 516, in handle_command_exit_code
    raise exc(self.ran, self.process.stdout, self.process.stderr)
sh.ErrorReturnCode_1: 

  RAN: '/usr/bin/patch -t -d /home/k/kivy-examples/android/compass/.buildozer/android/platform/build/build/other_builds/python2/armeabi-v7a/python2 -p1 -i /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/python2/patches/Python-2.7.2-xcompile.patch'

  STDOUT:
can't find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -urN Python-2.7.2/configure ltib/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.7.2/configure
|--- Python-2.7.2/configure	2011-06-11 11:46:28.000000000 -0400
|+++ ltib/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.7.2/configure	2011-11-14 12:10:41.011373524 -0500
--------------------------
No file to patch.  Skipping patch.
2 out of 2 hunks ignored
can't find file to patch at input line 25
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -urN Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in ltib/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in
|--- Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in	2011-06-11 11:46:26.000000000 -0400
|+++ ltib/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.7.2/Makefile.pre.in	2011-11-14 12:10:41.013373444 -0500
--------------------------
No file to patch.  Skipping patch.
6 out of 6 hunks ignored
can't find file to patch at input line 110
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--------------------------
|diff -urN Python-2.7.2/setup.py ltib/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.7.2/setup.py
|--- Python-2.7.2/setup.py	2011-06-11 11:46:28.000000000 -0400
|+++ ltib/rpm/BUILD/Python-2.7.2/setup.py	2011-11-14 12:13:02.175758583 -0500
--------------------------
No file to patch.  Skipping patch.
6 out of 6 hunks ignored
patching file Lib/plat-linux3/regen


  STDERR:

# Command failed: python -m pythonforandroid.toolchain create --dist_name=compass --bootstrap=sdl2 --requirements=kivy,plyer,hostpython2 --arch armeabi-v7a --copy-libs --local-recipes /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes --color=always --storage-dir=/home/k/kivy-examples/android/compass/.buildozer/android/platform/build
# 
# Buildozer failed to execute the last command
# The error might be hidden in the log above this error
# Please read the full log, and search for it before
# raising an issue with buildozer itself.
# In case of a bug report, please add a full log with log_level = 2

Before that, the first run with a clean local .buildozer directory (I mean in the project directory), I get a minor error, I think, in building recipes:

[INFO]:    # Prebuilding recipes
[INFO]:    Prebuilding hostpython2 for armeabi-v7a
[INFO]:    -> running cp /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroi...(and 164 more)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 174, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 837, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 834, in main
    ToolchainCL()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 489, in __init__
    getattr(self, args.subparser_name.replace('-', '_'))(args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 147, in wrapper_func
    build_dist_from_args(ctx, dist, args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 190, in build_dist_from_args
    build_recipes(build_order, python_modules, ctx)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/build.py", line 554, in build_recipes
    recipe.prebuild_arch(arch)
  File "/media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/hostpython2/__init__.py", line 26, in prebuild_arch
    join(self.get_build_dir(), 'Modules', 'Setup'))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/logger.py", line 173, in shprint
    for line in output:
  File "/home/k/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 565, in next
    self.wait()
  File "/home/k/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 500, in wait
    self.handle_command_exit_code(exit_code)
  File "/home/k/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sh.py", line 516, in handle_command_exit_code
    raise exc(self.ran, self.process.stdout, self.process.stderr)
sh.ErrorReturnCode_1: 

  RAN: '/bin/cp /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/python_for_android-0.4-py2.7.egg/pythonforandroid/recipes/hostpython2/Setup /home/k/kivy-examples/android/compass/.buildozer/android/platform/build/build/other_builds/hostpython2/desktop/hostpython2/Modules/Setup'

  STDOUT:
/bin/cp: cannot create regular file '/home/k/kivy-examples/android/compass/.buildozer/android/platform/build/build/other_builds/hostpython2/desktop/hostpython2/Modules/Setup': No such file or directory


  STDERR:

# Command failed: python -m pythonforandroid.toolchain create --dist_name=compass --bootstrap=sdl2 --requirements=kivy,plyer,hostpython2 --arch armeabi-v7a --copy-libs --local-recipes /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes --color=always --storage-dir=/home/k/kivy-examples/android/compass/.buildozer/android/platform/build
# 
# Buildozer failed to execute the last command
# The error might be hidden in the log above this error
# Please read the full log, and search for it before
# raising an issue with buildozer itself.
# In case of a bug report, please add a full log with log_level = 2

Which I fix with a simple
mkdir -p /home/k/kivy-examples/android/compass/.buildozer/android/platform/build/build/other_builds/hostpython2/desktop/hostpython2/Modules/
I don't know if this is ok or not, since hostpython2 actually doesn't have a subdirectory named Modules. Its Setup file is just there.

This build is for Nik Klever's Compass app found in kivy-examples/android/. But I haven't been successful in building any app anyway, even my simplest ones that I was able to run under Kivy Launcher.

Here is buildozer.spec file (sorry GitHub doesn't let me attach it properly):

[app]

title = Compass

package.name = compass

package.domain = org.test

source.dir = .

source.include_exts = py,png,jpg,kv,atlas

version = 0.1

requirements = kivy, plyer, hostpython2


requirements.source.kivy = ../../kivy
requirements.source.kivy = /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/kivy/
requirements.source.plyer = 
requirements.source.python2 = /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/python2/
### requirements.source.python2 = /media/k/VMs/Android/Python-2.7.2/
requirements.source.hostpython2 = /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/hostpython2/
### requirements.source.hostpython2 = /media/k/VMs/Android/Python-2.7.2/

requirements.source.sdl2_image = /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_image/
requirements.source.sdl2_mixer = /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_mixer/
requirements.source.sdl2_ttf = /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2_ttf/
requirements.source.sdl2 = /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/sdl2/
requirements.source.six = /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/six/
requirements.source.pyjnius = /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/pyjnius


orientation = portrait

fullscreen = 0

android.api = 14

android.minapi = 14

android.sdk = 24.4.1

android.ndk = r13

android.ndk_path = /media/k/VMs/Android/android-ndk-r13/

android.sdk_path = /media/k/VMs/Android/android-sdk_r24.4.1/

android.ant_path = /media/k/VMs/Android/apache-ant-1.9.7/

android.p4a_dir = /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/

p4a.local_recipes = /media/k/VMs/Android/python-for-android-master/pythonforandroid/recipes/

android.skip_update = True

[buildozer]
log_level = 2
warn_on_root = 1

[khalakhelo]

I believe I have committed two mistakes due to misunderstanding from my part.
First, I have referred to pythonforandroid/recipes/*/ directories in requirements sources sections, not the original packages. Of course it makes no sense at all, it was my lack of grasping.
Second, I assumed that parsing buildozer.spec file would skip any part after '#' even after a statement in the same line, like in python code and shell script, which actually wasn't the case. I had commented inline in requirements section (I omitted in my post since I thought they have no effect), but moving the commented requirement to another line let me build successfully.
Hence I am closing this false-issue, since it was only my fault, and I would like to apologize for anyone who spent a minute trying to find out the issue.