I had no idea I was engaging so many people. The problem has resolved to a Python versioning issue, and has been solved. This was aggravated by the fact that when Python is invoked by issuing a shell command to ‘call’ a *.py file, the mapping to python version follows the Windows shell when one of the EDK shell variables is not initialized – I think it was PYTHON_COMMAND, but I don’t remember. Basically, Windows has an opinion about which Python to invoke when BUILD.BAT executes this line:
@%PYTHON_COMMAND% %BASE_TOOLS_PATH%\Source\Python\%ToolName%\%ToolName%.py %* . So, I was bitten by a Python 😝 Thanks to all of you for your assistance. UEFI spelunking can be a lonely art. It’s nice to meet other travelers. Eric Oh, and I was using tag 202002. We don’t need no steenkin’ upgrades! From: gaoliming <gaolim...@byosoft.com.cn> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 7:24 PM To: devel@edk2.groups.io; bret.barke...@microsoft.com; 'Hernandez Miramontes, Jose Miguel' <jose.miguel.hernandez.miramon...@intel.com>; Fowler, Eric (Mondo International, LLC) <fowler_e...@ne.bah.com> Subject: [External] 回复: [edk2-devel] A plea for help This issue has been fixed in edk2 trunk. Can you try the latest edk2? Thanks Liming 发件人: devel@edk2.groups.io<mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io> <devel@edk2.groups.io<mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io>> 代表 Bret Barkelew via groups.io 发送时间: 2021年5月20日 0:33 收件人: Hernandez Miramontes, Jose Miguel <jose.miguel.hernandez.miramon...@intel.com<mailto:jose.miguel.hernandez.miramon...@intel.com>>; devel@edk2.groups.io<mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io>; fowler_e...@ne.bah.com<mailto:fowler_e...@ne.bah.com> 主题: Re: [edk2-devel] A plea for help Yup, I was tired. Read the Python version all wrong. - Bret ________________________________ From: Hernandez Miramontes, Jose Miguel <jose.miguel.hernandez.miramon...@intel.com<mailto:jose.miguel.hernandez.miramon...@intel.com>> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 7:15:30 AM To: devel@edk2.groups.io<mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io> <devel@edk2.groups.io<mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io>>; Bret Barkelew <bret.barke...@microsoft.com<mailto:bret.barke...@microsoft.com>>; fowler_e...@ne.bah.com<mailto:fowler_e...@ne.bah.com> <fowler_e...@ne.bah.com<mailto:fowler_e...@ne.bah.com>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: [edk2-devel] A plea for help So, the problem is here. File "C:\EDK2020\district-defend\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\Common\Misc.py", line 1638, in __init__ if ByteArray.tostring() != b'PE\0\0': see: https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.9.html<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fdocs.python.org*2F3*2Fwhatsnew*2F3.9.html&data=04*7C01*7Cbret.barkelew*40microsoft.com*7Cf3fb8f5288bd4af41aa408d91ad09263*7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47*7C1*7C0*7C637570305407840963*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=cciIITpbNA55d7ZKakdj3DS8YWEnilz37Dlz*2B1Vzb8Q*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!May37g!ds7lf7izTtlzovyWF2scFJ3IQUhB8azlXsloVMU0Oww8g_B_VOJZbWXvJ5G9heesxw$> array.array: tostring() and fromstring() methods have been removed. They were aliases to tobytes() and frombytes(), deprecated since Python 3.2. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in bpo-38916.) you could try python 3.8 or cherry pick this change. https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/commit/43bec9ea3d56f3662ede78023baa2a791b66acac<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fgithub.com*2Ftianocore*2Fedk2*2Fcommit*2F43bec9ea3d56f3662ede78023baa2a791b66acac&data=04*7C01*7Cbret.barkelew*40microsoft.com*7Cf3fb8f5288bd4af41aa408d91ad09263*7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47*7C1*7C0*7C637570305407850918*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=3XL3RTbGl0QPbNYIDgs2R3fWhBwsld37zvPjeI7Acso*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!May37g!ds7lf7izTtlzovyWF2scFJ3IQUhB8azlXsloVMU0Oww8g_B_VOJZbWXvJ5EX7CvkaQ$> Jose Miguel Hernandez Miramontes BIOS Engineer jose.miguel.hernandez.miramon...@intel.com<mailto:jose.miguel.hernandez.miramon...@intel.com> Intel Corporation From: devel@edk2.groups.io<mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io> <devel@edk2.groups.io<mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io>> On Behalf Of Bret Barkelew via groups.io Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 3:12 AM To: devel@edk2.groups.io<mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io>; fowler_e...@ne.bah.com<mailto:fowler_e...@ne.bah.com> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] A plea for help Have you tried the latest Python 3.x? - Bret From: Fowler, Eric (Mondo International, LLC) via groups.io<mailto:Fowler_Eric=ne.bah....@groups.io> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 12:41 AM To: devel@edk2.groups.io<mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [edk2-devel] A plea for help build.py... : error C0DE: Unknown fatal error when processing [c:\edk2020\district-defend\edk2\MdeModulePkg\Universal\Console\GraphicsConsoleDxe\GraphicsConsoleDxe.inf] (Please send email to devel@edk2.groups.io<mailto:devel@edk2.groups.io> for help, attaching following call stack trace!) (Python 3.9.5 on win32) Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\EDK2020\district-defend\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\build\build.py", line 2596, in Main MyBuild.Launch() File "C:\EDK2020\district-defend\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\build\build.py", line 2391, in Launch self._MultiThreadBuildPlatform() File "C:\EDK2020\district-defend\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\build\build.py", line 2271, in _MultiThreadBuildPlatform self.CreateAsBuiltInf() File "C:\EDK2020\district-defend\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\build\build.py", line 2401, in CreateAsBuiltInf Module.CreateAsBuiltInf() File "C:\EDK2020\district-defend\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\AutoGen\ModuleAutoGen.py", line 1503, in CreateAsBuiltInf PatchList = parsePcdInfoFromMapFile( File "C:\EDK2020\district-defend\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenPatchPcdTable\GenPatchPcdTable.py", line 59, in parsePcdInfoFromMapFile return _parseGeneral(lines, efifilepath) File "C:\EDK2020\district-defend\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\GenPatchPcdTable\GenPatchPcdTable.py", line 174, in _parseGeneral efisecs = PeImageClass(efifilepath).SectionHeaderList File "C:\EDK2020\district-defend\edk2\BaseTools\Source\Python\Common\Misc.py", line 1638, in __init__ if ByteArray.tostring() != b'PE\0\0': AttributeError: 'array.array' object has no attribute 'tostring' - Failed - Build end time: 21:15:31, May.18 2021 Build total time: 00:07:11 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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