title: easy_install of cross compiled netifaces 0.8 python module fails because it "could not find suitable distribution"
body: <p>I'm cross compiling the 'netifaces' Python module for ARM using the Digi Embedded Linux toolchain on an Ubuntu 12.04.4 32-bit host but am having trouble getting my target device to install it correctly.  Ultimately, I'd like to include the netifaces' artifacts in my rootfs, but that comes after this.</p>
  
  <p>Here's my steps for the cross compile:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.8.tar.gz
  $ tar xzf netifaces-0.8.tar.gz
  $ cd netifaces-0.8
  $ PYTHONXCPREFIX=/path/to/digi/sysroot/with/xc-python2.7/added/usr CROSS_COMPILE=arm-cortex_a8-linux-gnueabi- CC="arm-cortex_a8-linux-gnueabi-gcc -pthread" LDSHARED="arm-cortex_a8-linux-gnueabi-gcc -pthread -shared" LDFLAGS="-L/path/to/digi/sysroot/with/xc-python2.7/added/usr/lib -L/path/to/digi/sysroot/with/xc-python2.7/added/lib" python setup.py build -x bdist_egg --plat-name=linux-arm
  
  options (after parsing config files):
  options (after parsing command line):
  option dict for 'aliases' command:
    {}
  option dict for 'bdist_egg' command:
    {'plat_name': ('command line', 'linux-arm')}
  option dict for 'build' command:
    {'cross_compile': ('command line', 1), 'debug': ('command line', 1)}
  option dict for 'egg_info' command:
    {'tag_build': ('setup.cfg', ''),
     'tag_date': ('setup.cfg', '0'),
     'tag_svn_revision': ('setup.cfg', '0')}
  running build
  Distribution.get_command_obj(): creating 'build' command object
    setting options for 'build' command:
      debug = 1 (from command line)
      cross_compile = 1 (from command line)
  Setting prefix
  running build_ext
  Distribution.get_command_obj(): creating 'build_ext' command object
  checking for getifaddrs...found. 
  checking for getnameinfo...found. 
  checking for optional header files...netash/ash.h netatalk/at.h netax25/ax25.h neteconet/ec.h netipx/ipx.h netpacket/packet.h linux/irda.h linux/atm.h linux/llc.h linux/tipc.h linux/dn.h. 
  checking whether struct sockaddr has a length field...no. 
  checking which sockaddr_xxx structs are defined...at ax25 in in6 ipx un ash ec ll atmpvc atmsvc dn irda llc. 
  building 'netifaces' extension
  arm-cortex_a8-linux-gnueabi-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -g -DNETIFACES_VERSION=0.8 -DHAVE_GETIFADDRS=1 -DHAVE_GETNAMEINFO=1 -DHAVE_NETASH_ASH_H=1 -DHAVE_NETATALK_AT_H=1 -DHAVE_NETAX25_AX25_H=1 -DHAVE_NETECONET_EC_H=1 -DHAVE_NETIPX_IPX_H=1 -DHAVE_NETPACKET_PACKET_H=1 -DHAVE_LINUX_IRDA_H=1 -DHAVE_LINUX_ATM_H=1 -DHAVE_LINUX_LLC_H=1 -DHAVE_LINUX_TIPC_H=1 -DHAVE_LINUX_DN_H=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_AT=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_AX25=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_IN=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_IN6=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_IPX=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_UN=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_ASH=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_EC=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_LL=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_ATMPVC=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_ATMSVC=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_DN=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_IRDA=1 -DHAVE_SOCKADDR_LLC=1 -I/path/to/digi/sysroot/with/xc-python2.7/added/usr/include/python2.7 -c netifaces.c -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.7/netifaces.o
  creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.7
  arm-cortex_a8-linux-gnueabi-gcc -pthread -shared -L/path/to/digi/sysroot/with/xc-python2.7/added/usr/lib -L/path/to/digi/sysroot/with/xc-python2.7/added/lib -g build/temp.linux-i686-2.7/netifaces.o -o build/lib.linux-i686-2.7/netifaces.so
  running bdist_egg
  Distribution.get_command_obj(): creating 'bdist_egg' command object
    setting options for 'bdist_egg' command:
      plat_name = linux-arm (from command line)
  Distribution.get_command_obj(): creating 'egg_info' command object
    setting options for 'egg_info' command:
      tag_build =  (from setup.cfg)
      tag_date = 0 (from setup.cfg)
      tag_svn_revision = 0 (from setup.cfg)
  Distribution.get_command_obj(): creating 'bdist' command object
  running egg_info
  writing netifaces.egg-info/PKG-INFO
  writing top-level names to netifaces.egg-info/top_level.txt
  writing dependency_links to netifaces.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
  reading manifest file 'netifaces.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
  include_pattern: applying regex r'^netifaces\.egg\-info/.*[^/]*\Z(?ms)'
   adding netifaces.egg-info/PKG-INFO
   adding netifaces.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
   adding netifaces.egg-info/top_level.txt
   adding netifaces.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
  exclude_pattern: applying regex r'^build/.*'
  exclude_pattern: applying regex r'^netifaces\-0\.8/.*'
  exclude_pattern: applying regex r'\/(RCS|CVS|\.svn)\/'
  writing manifest file 'netifaces.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
  installing library code to build/bdist.linux-i686/egg
  Distribution.get_command_obj(): creating 'install' command object
  pre-finalize_{unix,other}:
    prefix: None
    exec_prefix: None
    home: None
    user: 0
    install_base: None
    install_platbase: None
    root: None
    install_purelib: None
    install_platlib: None
    install_lib: None
    install_headers: None
    install_scripts: None
    install_data: None
    compile: None
    compile: True
    optimize: None
    force: None
    skip_build: 0
    record: None
    install_layout: None
    old_and_unmanageable: None
    single_version_externally_managed: None
  post-finalize_{unix,other}():
    prefix: /usr
    exec_prefix: /usr
    home: None
    user: 0
    install_base: /usr
    install_platbase: /usr
    root: None
    install_purelib: $base/local/lib/python$py_version_short/dist-packages
    install_platlib: $platbase/local/lib/python$py_version_short/dist-packages
    install_lib: None
    install_headers: $base/local/include/python$py_version_short/$dist_name
    install_scripts: $base/local/bin
    install_data: $base/local
    compile: None
    compile: True
    optimize: None
    force: None
    skip_build: 0
    record: None
    install_layout: None
    old_and_unmanageable: None
    single_version_externally_managed: None
  post-expand_basedirs():
    prefix: /usr
    exec_prefix: /usr
    home: None
    user: 0
    install_base: /usr
    install_platbase: /usr
    root: None
    install_purelib: $base/local/lib/python$py_version_short/dist-packages
    install_platlib: $platbase/local/lib/python$py_version_short/dist-packages
    install_lib: None
    install_headers: $base/local/include/python$py_version_short/$dist_name
    install_scripts: $base/local/bin
    install_data: $base/local
    compile: None
    compile: True
    optimize: None
    force: None
    skip_build: 0
    record: None
    install_layout: None
    old_and_unmanageable: None
    single_version_externally_managed: None
  config vars:
  {'base': '/usr',
   'dist_fullname': 'netifaces-0.8',
   'dist_name': 'netifaces',
   'dist_version': '0.8',
   'exec_prefix': '/path/to/digi/sysroot/with/xc-python2.7/added/usr',
   'platbase': '/usr',
   'prefix': '/path/to/digi/sysroot/with/xc-python2.7/added/usr',
   'py_version': '2.7.3',
   'py_version_nodot': '27',
   'py_version_short': '2.7',
   'sys_exec_prefix': '/path/to/digi/sysroot/with/xc-python2.7/added/usr',
   'sys_prefix': '/path/to/digi/sysroot/with/xc-python2.7/added/usr',
   'userbase': '/home/myuser/.local',
   'usersite': '/home/myuser/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages'}
  post-expand_dirs():
    prefix: /usr
    exec_prefix: /usr
    home: None
    user: 0
    install_base: /usr
    install_platbase: /usr
    root: None
    install_purelib: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
    install_platlib: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
    install_lib: None
    install_headers: /usr/local/include/python2.7/netifaces
    install_scripts: /usr/local/bin
    install_data: /usr/local
    compile: None
    compile: True
    optimize: None
    force: None
    skip_build: 0
    record: None
    install_layout: None
    old_and_unmanageable: None
    single_version_externally_managed: None
  after prepending root:
    prefix: /usr
    exec_prefix: /usr
    home: None
    user: 0
    install_base: /usr
    install_platbase: /usr
    root: None
    install_purelib: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
    install_platlib: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages
    install_lib: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/
    install_headers: /usr/local/include/python2.7/netifaces
    install_scripts: /usr/local/bin
    install_data: /usr/local
    compile: None
    compile: True
    optimize: None
    force: None
    skip_build: 0
    record: None
    install_layout: None
    old_and_unmanageable: None
    single_version_externally_managed: None
  Distribution.get_command_obj(): creating 'install_lib' command object
  running install_lib
  creating build/bdist.linux-i686
  creating build/bdist.linux-i686/egg
  copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.7/netifaces.so -&gt; build/bdist.linux-i686/egg
  creating stub loader for netifaces.so
  byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/netifaces.py to netifaces.pyc
  creating build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
  copying netifaces.egg-info/PKG-INFO -&gt; build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
  copying netifaces.egg-info/SOURCES.txt -&gt; build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
  copying netifaces.egg-info/dependency_links.txt -&gt; build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
  copying netifaces.egg-info/top_level.txt -&gt; build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO
  writing build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/EGG-INFO/native_libs.txt
  zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
  creating dist
  creating 'dist/netifaces-0.8-py2.7-linux-arm.egg' and adding 'build/bdist.linux-i686/egg' to it
  removing 'build/bdist.linux-i686/egg' (and everything under it)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>(The above snippet has paths change to protect the innocent.)</p>
  
  <p>I know the compilation was for ARM (and not host) as the following appears correct:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ file build/lib.linux-i686-2.7/netifaces.so
  
  build/lib.linux-i686-2.7/netifaces.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked, not stripped
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This gives me a dist/netifaces-0.8-py2.7-linux-arm.egg artifact.  I copy this artifact over to my target device and run easy_install (no pip available).  I don't want the target device to go to the internet to grab things from pypi, as this device needs to have a controlled config and there are no compilers resident on the device to compile pypi packages anyway. It errors like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code># uname -a
  
  Linux devicename 2.6.35.14 #1 Thu May 15 10:25:00 CDT 2014 armv7l GNU/Linux
  
  # python --version
  
  Python 2.7.3
  
  # easy_install -v -H None -f ./ netifaces-0.8-py2.7-linux-arm.egg
  
  Processing netifaces-0.8-py2.7-linux-arm.egg
  Copying netifaces-0.8-py2.7-linux-arm.egg to /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages
  Adding netifaces 0.8 to easy-install.pth file
  Saving /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/easy-install.pth
  
  Installed /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/netifaces-0.8-py2.7-linux-arm.egg
  Processing dependencies for netifaces==0.8
  Searching for netifaces==0.8
  
  Note: Bypassing https://pypi.python.org/simple/netifaces/ (disallowed host; see http://bit.ly/1dg9ijs for details).
  
  Couldn't find index page for 'netifaces' (maybe misspelled?)
  Scanning index of all packages (this may take a while)
  
  Note: Bypassing https://pypi.python.org/simple/ (disallowed host; see http://bit.ly/1dg9ijs for details).
  
  No local packages or download links found for netifaces==0.8
  error: Could not find suitable distribution for Requirement.parse('netifaces==0.8')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've also tried the above command with just 'netifaces' as the package argument, to no avail.</p>
  
  <p>I do get a different result when I remove the '-H None' argument (allowing it to go visit pypi), but it obviously errors because there is no compiler available.  I don't want to use this approach anyway, but I include it here for completeness.</p>
  
  <pre><code># easy_install -v -f ./ netifaces-0.8-py2.7-linux-arm.egg 
  
  Processing netifaces-0.8-py2.7-linux-arm.egg
  Copying netifaces-0.8-py2.7-linux-arm.egg to /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages
  Adding netifaces 0.8 to easy-install.pth file
  Saving /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/easy-install.pth
  
  Installed /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/netifaces-0.8-py2.7-linux-arm.egg
  Processing dependencies for netifaces==0.8
  Searching for netifaces==0.8
  Reading https://pypi.python.org/simple/netifaces/
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.1-py2.6-win32.egg#md5=c8c5f7e4a403dd416b435ad8eddefed1
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.1.win32-py2.6.exe#md5=bf229517b6b3d40ad0991fc6b504043d
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.2-py2.6-win32.egg#md5=07fb22d2408bf2969c18cfa1711bd5d6
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.2.win32-py2.6.exe#md5=e55e5fd188e4e6fda21942b665a2fca3
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.3-py2.6-win32.egg#md5=1b0c3b5a76bd543d45ec4d6fa50f29f4
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.3.win32-py2.6.exe#md5=da9e984985970d7ced4dd69314ac0e14
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.0-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg#md5=4bf3f4a83c84d7c7fab7f50958948c2f
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.0-py2.7-macosx-10.9-intel.egg#md5=c1f80786a62a088a0d882a7291fc0003
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.0-py2.7-win32.egg#md5=5dc7c3e416371423ac966fcb152272ff
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.1-py2.7-win32.egg#md5=0295b17dc388d2cb5ac73a50dbd2e6e4
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.1.win32-py2.7.exe#md5=b1584b3a9db0c763c94511f4e508f4fe
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.2-py2.7-win32.egg#md5=cd06faf5faccc13f71bad4bde03de3c1
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.2.win32-py2.7.exe#md5=9b2e1fb6a8c4a4325e33884fafeb7882
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.3-py2.7-win32.egg#md5=aacaa28c603070e4347630d76e5a5df9
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.3.win32-py2.7.exe#md5=78647c9bade6880b99c7462a46648bc5
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.3/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.1-py3.3-win32.egg#md5=f10939775f4ec4806e0d43582f090925
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.3/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.1.win32-py3.3.exe#md5=11b6f9f84eb42f53d574dfd9f1326164
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.3/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.2-py3.3-win32.egg#md5=1a0b71b320246eaed195bd61c4dce4e1
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.3/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.2.win32-py3.3.exe#md5=d2738c8bf7401f860a813a9e20ab168d
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.3/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.3-py3.3-win32.egg#md5=95a1732bd403d7afb1ab02ca230cc40c
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.3/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.3.win32-py3.3.exe#md5=68f654fe15512642a708e40f5dc0b5b0
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.4/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.0-py3.4-linux-x86_64.egg#md5=a0653891e193ab87e33f6688c229e2e8
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.4/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.0-py3.4-macosx-10.6-intel.egg#md5=12fe125c18eb1103efa1b5b24d8eafb6
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.4/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.0-py3.4-win32.egg#md5=1c96ff8e56893e2a87292481c9a1e385
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.4/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.1-py3.4-win32.egg#md5=7ccc760d873a547d967876e180094f31
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.4/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.1.win32-py3.4.exe#md5=c191ecd57dd0d5d479a7d5b3607bd889
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.4/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.2-py3.4-win32.egg#md5=d2aa751f68d96c3f81a1065527a7bccf
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.4/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.2.win32-py3.4.exe#md5=911b9bd3621b6beee6c7547051ecdf6f
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.4/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.3-py3.4-win32.egg#md5=dcc30c3564308115b86046bb45659ccb
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/3.4/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.3.win32-py3.4.exe#md5=d62ab19a1cc07bfafcfb1a9f7660231b
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.0.tar.gz#md5=bbe634bd373b3f05df5f4ac23bc92a8f
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.1.tar.gz#md5=4f92ca84e8cb1ce547998e7212ac313d
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.2.tar.gz#md5=acb11ba95d892519825e170d814ee296
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.3.tar.gz#md5=b96913473e1dcc3c4a7c43bc15d10e26
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.10.4.tar.gz#md5=36da76e2cfadd24cc7510c2c0012eb1e
  Found link: https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.8.tar.gz#md5=e57e5983f4c286fac5f8068fbfc5c873
  Found link: http://alastairs-place.net/projects/netifaces/netifaces-0.8.tar.gz#md5=e57e5983f4c286fac5f8068fbfc5c873
  Best match: netifaces 0.8
  Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/n/netifaces/netifaces-0.8.tar.gz#md5=e57e5983f4c286fac5f8068fbfc5c873
  Validating md5 checksum for /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8.tar.gz
  Processing netifaces-0.8.tar.gz
  Unpacking netifaces-0.8 to /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8
  Unpacking netifaces-0.8/PKG-INFO to /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/PKG-INFO
  Unpacking netifaces-0.8/README to /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/README
  Unpacking netifaces-0.8/netifaces.c to /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/netifaces.c
  Unpacking netifaces-0.8/netifaces.egg-info to /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/netifaces.egg-info
  Unpacking netifaces-0.8/netifaces.egg-info/PKG-INFO to /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/netifaces.egg-info/PKG-INFO
  Unpacking netifaces-0.8/netifaces.egg-info/SOURCES.txt to /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/netifaces.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
  Unpacking netifaces-0.8/netifaces.egg-info/dependency_links.txt to /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/netifaces.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
  Unpacking netifaces-0.8/netifaces.egg-info/top_level.txt to /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/netifaces.egg-info/top_level.txt
  Unpacking netifaces-0.8/setup.cfg to /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/setup.cfg
  Unpacking netifaces-0.8/setup.py to /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/setup.py
  Reading configuration from /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/setup.cfg
  Adding new section [easy_install] to /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/setup.cfg
  Setting easy_install.find-links to '.' in /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/setup.cfg
  Writing /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/setup.cfg
  Running netifaces-0.8/setup.py bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-k1bwIN/netifaces-0.8/egg-dist-tmp-1l9yta
  running bdist_egg
  running egg_info
  writing netifaces.egg-info/PKG-INFO
  writing top-level names to netifaces.egg-info/top_level.txt
  writing dependency_links to netifaces.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
  reading manifest file 'netifaces.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
  writing manifest file 'netifaces.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
  installing library code to build/bdist.linux-armv7l/egg
  running install_lib
  running build_ext
  checking for getifaddrs...not found. 
  checking for getnameinfo...not found. 
  checking for socket IOCTLs...not found. 
  checking for optional header files...none found. 
  checking whether struct sockaddr has a length field...no. 
  checking which sockaddr_xxx structs are defined...none! 
  building 'netifaces' extension
  arm-cortex_a8-linux-gnueabi-gcc -fno-strict-aliasing -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -DNETIFACES_VERSION=0.8 -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c netifaces.c -o build/temp.linux-armv7l-2.7/netifaces.o
  unable to execute arm-cortex_a8-linux-gnueabi-gcc: No such file or directory
  error: Setup script exited with error: command 'arm-cortex_a8-linux-gnueabi-gcc' failed with exit status 1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So why does easy_install not find a suitable distribution when I attempt to install my locally-compiled, locally-resident bdist egg?  As far as I can tell, the egg is formatted properly and its artifacts are for ARM.  I didn't go patching files or anything in the source tar.gz.  What am I doing wrong?</p>