Libffi recipe fails with "unrecognized options: --enable-shared"

[bidafiwoc]

I'm trying to use the packaged cryptography recipe, which includes the Libffi recipe as a dependency. I'm getting the following errors with Libffi while trying to build the apk:

configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --enable-shared
configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in "." "./.." "./../.."

I'm using recent versions of the toolchain: p4a (checked out from github a week ago), most recent Android SDK & NDK (25.1.3 and r11c, respectively). I'm invoking p4a as follows:

p4a apk --sdk_dir ~/AndroidUpstream/android-sdk-linux \
    --ndk_dir ~/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c \
    --android_api 16 --ndk_ver r11c \
    --private ~/src/TestCrypto \
    --package=org.example.testcrypto \
    --name=TestCrypto --version=0.5 \
    --bootstrap=sdl2 \
    --requirements=sdl2,python2,kivy,cryptography \
    --dist_name=remotepython \
    --permission=INTERNET

I've looked around (on web, and here on github issue tracker), but can't find explanations for this error message. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[kived]

Please post a complete log.

[bidafiwoc]

Complete log below. Please let me know if there's any other info I should provide.

[INFO]:    This python-for-android revamp is an experimental alpha release!
[INFO]:    It should work (mostly), but you may experience missing features or bugs.
[INFO]:    Will compile for the following archs: armeabi
[INFO]:    Getting Android API version from user argument
[INFO]:    Available Android APIs are (15, 16, 21)
[INFO]:    Requested API target 16 is available, continuing.
[INFO]:    Getting NDK dir from from user argument
[INFO]:    Got NDK version from from user argument
[INFO]:    Using Google NDK r11c
[INFO]:    Found virtualenv at /usr/bin/virtualenv
[INFO]:    Found the following toolchain versions: ['4.9']
[INFO]:    Picking the latest gcc toolchain, here 4.9
[INFO]:    No existing dists meet the given requirements!
[INFO]:    No dist exists that meets your requirements, so one will be built.
[INFO]:    Bootstrap requires recipes ['sdl2', ('python2', 'python3crystax')]
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe sdl2 (depends on [('python2', 'python3crystax'), 'sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'sdl2_ttf'], conflicts ['sdl', 'pygame', 'pygame_bootstrap_components'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe boto (depends on ['python2', 'requests', 'cryptography'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe python2 (depends on ['hostpython2'], conflicts ['python3crystax', 'python3'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe sdl2_image (depends on [])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe sdl2_mixer (depends on [])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe sdl2_ttf (depends on [])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe requests (depends on ['hostpython2', 'setuptools'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe cryptography (depends on [('python2', 'python3crystax'), 'cffi', 'enum34', 'openssl', 'ipaddress', 'idna'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe hostpython2 (depends on [], conflicts ['hostpython3'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe setuptools (depends on ['python2'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe cffi (depends on [('python2', 'python3crystax'), 'setuptools', 'pycparser', 'libffi'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe enum34 (depends on ['python2'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe openssl (depends on [])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe ipaddress (depends on ['python2'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe idna (depends on [('python2', 'python3crystax'), 'setuptools'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe pycparser (depends on [('python2', 'python3crystax'), 'setuptools'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe libffi (depends on [])
[INFO]:    Found a single valid recipe set (this is good)
[INFO]:    The selected bootstrap is sdl2
[INFO]:    # Creating dist with sdl2 bootstrap
[INFO]:    Dist will have name testcrypto and recipes (sdl2, python2, boto)
[INFO]:    -> running cp -r /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-pack...(and 126 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Recipe build order is ['hostpython2', 'libffi', 'openssl', 'sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'sdl2_ttf', 'python2', 'enum34', 'ipaddress', u'sdl2', 'setuptools', 'idna', 'pycparser', 'requests', 'cffi', 'cryptography', u'boto']
[INFO]:    # Downloading recipes 
[INFO]:    Downloading hostpython2
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 35 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/hostpython2
[INFO]:    -> running basename http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7...(and 23 more)
[INFO]:    hostpython2 download already cached, skipping                                 
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading libffi
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 30 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/libffi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://github.com/atgreen/libff...(and 20 more)
[INFO]:    libffi download already cached, skipping                                      
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading openssl
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 31 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/openssl
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.openssl.org/source/o...(and 20 more)
[INFO]:    openssl download already cached, skipping                                     
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading sdl2_image
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 34 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/sdl2_image
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects...(and 42 more)
[INFO]:    sdl2_image download already cached, skipping                                  
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading sdl2_mixer
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 34 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/sdl2_mixer
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects...(and 42 more)
[INFO]:    sdl2_mixer download already cached, skipping                                  
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading sdl2_ttf
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 32 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/sdl2_ttf
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/...(and 38 more)
[INFO]:    sdl2_ttf download already cached, skipping                                    
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading python2
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 31 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/python2
[INFO]:    -> running basename http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7...(and 23 more)
[INFO]:    python2 download already cached, skipping                                     
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading enum34
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 30 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/enum34
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages...(and 36 more)
[INFO]:    enum34 download already cached, skipping                                      
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading ipaddress
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 33 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/ipaddress
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/package...(and 44 more)
[INFO]:    ipaddress download already cached, skipping                                   
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading sdl2
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 28 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/sdl2
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-2.0.3.tar.gz
[INFO]:    sdl2 download already cached, skipping                                        
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading setuptools
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 34 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/setuptools
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/package...(and 46 more)
[INFO]:    setuptools download already cached, skipping                                  
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading idna
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 28 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/idna
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages...(and 30 more)
[INFO]:    idna download already cached, skipping                                        
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading pycparser
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 33 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/pycparser
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/package...(and 42 more)
[INFO]:    pycparser download already cached, skipping                                   
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading requests
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 32 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/requests
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://github.com/kennethreitz/...(and 31 more)
[INFO]:    requests download already cached, skipping                                    
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading cffi
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 28 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/cffi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages...(and 32 more)
[INFO]:    cffi download already cached, skipping                                        
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading cryptography
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 36 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/cryptography
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/package...(and 49 more)
[INFO]:    cryptography download already cached, skipping                                
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Downloading boto
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 28 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/boto
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://github.com/boto/boto/arc...(and 18 more)
[INFO]:    boto download already cached, skipping                                        
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    # Building all recipes for arch armeabi
[INFO]:    # Unpacking recipes
[INFO]:    Unpacking hostpython2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7...(and 23 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/hostpython2/desktop
[INFO]:    hostpython2 is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking libffi for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://github.com/atgreen/libff...(and 20 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/libffi/armeabi
[INFO]:    libffi is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking openssl for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.openssl.org/source/o...(and 20 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/openssl/armeabi
[INFO]:    openssl is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking sdl2_image for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects...(and 42 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    sdl2_image is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking sdl2_mixer for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects...(and 42 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    sdl2_mixer is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking sdl2_ttf for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/...(and 38 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    sdl2_ttf is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking python2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7...(and 23 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/python2-openssl/armeabi
[INFO]:    python2 is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking enum34 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages...(and 36 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/enum34/armeabi
[INFO]:    enum34 is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking ipaddress for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/package...(and 44 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/ipaddress/armeabi
[INFO]:    ipaddress is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking sdl2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-2.0.3.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    sdl2 is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking setuptools for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/package...(and 46 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/setuptools/armeabi
[INFO]:    setuptools is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking idna for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages...(and 30 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/idna-python2/armeabi
[INFO]:    idna is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking pycparser for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/package...(and 42 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/pycparser-python2/armeabi
[INFO]:    pycparser is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking requests for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://github.com/kennethreitz/...(and 31 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/requests/armeabi
[INFO]:    requests is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking cffi for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages...(and 32 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/cffi-python2/armeabi
[INFO]:    cffi is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking cryptography for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/package...(and 49 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/cryptography-python2/armeabi
[INFO]:    cryptography is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Unpacking boto for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://github.com/boto/boto/arc...(and 18 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/boto/armeabi
[INFO]:    boto is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    # Prebuilding recipes
[INFO]:    Prebuilding hostpython2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running cp /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-package...(and 156 more)
[INFO]:    Prebuilding libffi for armeabi
[INFO]:    libffi has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for libffi[armeabi]
[INFO]:    libffi already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding openssl for armeabi
[INFO]:    openssl has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding sdl2_image for armeabi
[INFO]:    sdl2_image has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for sdl2_image[armeabi]
[INFO]:    sdl2_image already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding sdl2_mixer for armeabi
[INFO]:    sdl2_mixer has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for sdl2_mixer[armeabi]
[INFO]:    sdl2_mixer already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding sdl2_ttf for armeabi
[INFO]:    sdl2_ttf has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding python2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    python2 has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for python2[armeabi]
[INFO]:    python2 already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding enum34 for armeabi
[INFO]:    enum34 has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding ipaddress for armeabi
[INFO]:    ipaddress has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding sdl2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    sdl2 has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for sdl2[armeabi]
[INFO]:    sdl2 already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding setuptools for armeabi
[INFO]:    setuptools has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding idna for armeabi
[INFO]:    idna has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding pycparser for armeabi
[INFO]:    pycparser has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding requests for armeabi
[INFO]:    requests has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding cffi for armeabi
[INFO]:    cffi has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for cffi[armeabi]
[INFO]:    cffi already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding cryptography for armeabi
[INFO]:    cryptography has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for cryptography[armeabi]
[INFO]:    cryptography already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding boto for armeabi
[INFO]:    boto has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    # Building recipes
[INFO]:    Building hostpython2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/hostpython2/desktop/hostpython2
[INFO]:    hostpython already exists, skipping build
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/src/TestCrypto
[INFO]:    Building libffi for armeabi
ccache found, will optimize builds
('path is', '/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-sdk-linux/tools:/home/bidafiwoc/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games')
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/libffi/armeabi/libffi
[INFO]:    -> running configure --host=arm-linux-androideabi -...(and 109 more)
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                       
  File "/usr/local/bin/p4a", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('python-for-android==0.3', 'console_scripts', 'p4a')()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 752, in main
    ToolchainCL()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 330, in __init__
    getattr(self, args.command)(unknown)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 105, in wrapper_func
    build_dist_from_args(ctx, dist, dist_args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 142, in build_dist_from_args
    build_recipes(build_order, python_modules, ctx)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/build.py", line 559, in build_recipes
    recipe.build_arch(arch)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/recipes/libffi/__init__.py", line 45, in build_arch
    '--enable-shared', _env=env)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/logger.py", line 165, in shprint
    for line in output:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sh.py", line 565, in next
    self.wait()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sh.py", line 500, in wait
    self.handle_command_exit_code(exit_code)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sh.py", line 516, in handle_command_exit_code
    raise exc(self.ran, self.process.stdout, self.process.stderr)
sh.ErrorReturnCode_1: 

  RAN: './configure --host=arm-linux-androideabi --prefix=/home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/python-installs/testcrypto --enable-shared'

  STDOUT:
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --enable-shared
configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in "." "./.." "./../.."


  STDERR:

[kived]

Please test my PR #735 and see if it fixes this issue. Ensure that you have automake and autoconf installed.

cd path/to/cloned/python-for-android
git fetch origin pull/735/head:kived-libffi-reconf
git checkout kived-libffi-reconf

[bidafiwoc]

Ryan, Thanks for your quick response, and the trial PR #735. Weird results, on my end, so I'll try to explain in detail. First off, I already had automake and autoconf installed (as well as pkg-config and libtool), even when I originally posted this issue report.

I reran the libffi recipe compilation with an updated libffi recipe (per your PR #735). It failed with an error again, but a different one --- namely that autoreconf could not be found (I don't have full logs, which will become clear below). Weird that p4a's build couldn't find autoreconf, as it was installed normally as a Debian package, and could easily be found in my path outside of the p4a build. Given the apparent lack of success of this approach, I decided instead to try to upgrade p4a to the most recent tip of the master trunk (I was previously running from a version that I had checked out a few weeks back). Anyway, long story short, after I reinstalled p4a, I was able to compile libffi (but it's possible I might have had a few other changes in between this tests, as I was simultaneously working on a few other issues.

To better understand these seemingly contradictory observations, I decided to test libffi recipe compilation from a virgin p4a install. I performed a straightforward default install of Debian Jessie, and followed with the below resolution of p4a dependencies (as well as Android SDK / NDK):

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude -y install build-essential git ant python python-dev \
                    python-setuptools python-virtualenv python-pip cython \
                    openjdk-7-jdk unzip libstdc++6 libstdc++6:i386 \
                    libncurses5 libncurses5:i386 zlib1g zlib1g:i386 zlib1g-dev \
                    ccache autoconf automake pkg-config libtool
wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r24.4.1-linux.tgz
wget http://dl.google.com/android/ndk/android-ndk-r11c-linux-x86_64.zip

Subsequently, I finished installation of Android SDK & NDK. Finally, I installed the tip of the p4a master tree:

sudo pip install git+https://github.com/kivy/python-for-android.git

I then proceeded to compile the libffi recipe as follows:

SDK_NDK_DIR="/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream"
REPO="/home/bidafiwoc/Kivy"
p4a apk --sdk_dir ${SDK_NDK_DIR}/android-sdk-linux \
        --ndk_dir ${SDK_NDK_DIR}/android-ndk-r11c \
        --android_api 16 \
        --ndk_ver r11c \
        --private ${REPO}/HelloWorld \
        --package=org.bidafiwoc.helloworld \
        --name=HelloWorld \
        --version=0.5 \
        --bootstrap=sdl2 \
        --requirements=sdl2,kivy,python2,libffi \
        --dist_name=helloworld

In doing so, libffi compiles perfectly (even WITHOUT the application of PR #735), so that seems to clarify the issue. It must have been some buildup "crud" in my previous installation of p4a, that caused libffi to surprisingly fail to compile.

That being said, I'm now having trouble compiling cffi (as the "parent" of the libffi dependency). Everything identical as above, with exception of "cffi" replacing "libffi" in p4a invocation.

Here's the error log:

[INFO]:    This python-for-android revamp is an experimental alpha release!
[INFO]:    It should work (mostly), but you may experience missing features or bugs.
[INFO]:    Will compile for the following archs: armeabi
[INFO]:    Getting Android API version from user argument
[INFO]:    Available Android APIs are (16)
[INFO]:    Requested API target 16 is available, continuing.
[INFO]:    Getting NDK dir from from user argument
[INFO]:    Got NDK version from from user argument
[INFO]:    Using Google NDK r11c
[INFO]:    Found virtualenv at /usr/bin/virtualenv
[INFO]:    Found the following toolchain versions: ['4.9']
[INFO]:    Picking the latest gcc toolchain, here 4.9
[INFO]:    No existing dists meet the given requirements!
[INFO]:    No dist exists that meets your requirements, so one will be built.
[INFO]:    Bootstrap requires recipes ['sdl2', ('python2', 'python3crystax')]
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe sdl2 (depends on [('python2', 'python3crystax'), 'sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'sdl2_ttf'], conflicts ['sdl', 'pygame', 'pygame_bootstrap_components'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe kivy (depends on ['pyjnius', ('sdl2', 'pygame'), ('python2', 'python3crystax')])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe cffi (depends on [('python2', 'python3crystax'), 'setuptools', 'pycparser', 'libffi'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe python2 (depends on ['hostpython2'], conflicts ['python3crystax', 'python3'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe sdl2_image (depends on [])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe sdl2_mixer (depends on [])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe sdl2_ttf (depends on [])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe pyjnius (depends on ['six', ('python2', 'python3crystax'), ('sdl2', 'sdl', 'webviewjni')])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe setuptools (depends on ['python2'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe pycparser (depends on [('python2', 'python3crystax'), 'setuptools'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe libffi (depends on [])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe hostpython2 (depends on [], conflicts ['hostpython3'])
[INFO]:    Loaded recipe six (depends on [('python2', 'python3crystax')])
[INFO]:    Found a single valid recipe set (this is good)
[INFO]:    The selected bootstrap is sdl2
[INFO]:    # Creating dist with sdl2 bootstrap
[INFO]:    Dist will have name helloworld4 and recipes (sdl2, kivy, python2, cffi)
[INFO]:    -> running cp -r /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonfo...(and 113 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Recipe build order is ['hostpython2', 'libffi', 'sdl2_image', 'sdl2_mixer', 'sdl2_ttf', 'python2', u'sdl2', 'setuptools', 'six', 'pycparser', 'pyjnius', u'cffi', u'kivy']
[INFO]:    # Downloading recipes 
[INFO]:    Downloading hostpython2
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-androi...(and 22 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/hostpython2
[INFO]:    -> running basename http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2
[INFO]:    hostpython2 download already cached, skipping                                              
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Downloading libffi
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/libffi
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/libffi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://github.com/atgreen/libffi/archive/v3.2.1.zip
[INFO]:    libffi download already cached, skipping                                                   
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Downloading sdl2_image
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-androi...(and 21 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/sdl2_image
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/re...(and 29 more)
[INFO]:    sdl2_image download already cached, skipping                                               
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Downloading sdl2_mixer
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-androi...(and 21 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/sdl2_mixer
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/re...(and 29 more)
[INFO]:    sdl2_mixer download already cached, skipping                                               
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Downloading sdl2_ttf
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-androi...(and 19 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/sdl2_ttf
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/relea...(and 25 more)
[INFO]:    sdl2_ttf download already cached, skipping                                                 
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Downloading python2
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-androi...(and 18 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/python2
[INFO]:    -> running basename http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2
[INFO]:    python2 download already cached, skipping                                                  
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Downloading sdl2
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/sdl2
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/sdl2
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-2.0.4.tar.gz
[INFO]:    sdl2 download already cached, skipping                                                     
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Downloading setuptools
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-androi...(and 21 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/setuptools
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/se...(and 33 more)
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.                                               
Downloading setuptools from https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-18.3.1.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> running rm -f .mark-setuptools-18.3.1.tar.gz
[INFO]:    Downloading setuptools from https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-18.3.1.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> running touch .mark-setuptools-18.3.1.tar.gz
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Downloading six
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/six
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/six
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/six/six-1.9.0.tar.gz
[INFO]:    six download already cached, skipping                                                      
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Downloading pycparser
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-androi...(and 20 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/pycparser
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/py...(and 29 more)
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.                                               
Downloading pycparser from https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pycparser/pycparser-2.14.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> running rm -f .mark-pycparser-2.14.tar.gz
[INFO]:    Downloading pycparser from https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pycparser/pycparser-2.14.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> running touch .mark-pycparser-2.14.tar.gz
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Downloading pyjnius
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-androi...(and 18 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/pyjnius
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/archive/master.zip
[INFO]:    pyjnius download already cached, skipping                                                  
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Downloading cffi
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/cffi
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/cffi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cff...(and 19 more)
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.                                               
Downloading cffi from https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cffi/cffi-1.4.2.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> running rm -f .mark-cffi-1.4.2.tar.gz
[INFO]:    Downloading cffi from https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cffi/cffi-1.4.2.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> running touch .mark-cffi-1.4.2.tar.gz
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Downloading kivy
[INFO]:    -> running mkdir -p /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/kivy
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/packages/kivy
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://github.com/kivy/kivy/archive/master.zip
[INFO]:    kivy download already cached, skipping                                                     
[WARNING]: Should check headers here! Skipping for now.
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    # Building all recipes for arch armeabi
[INFO]:    # Unpacking recipes
[INFO]:    Unpacking hostpython2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/hostpython2/desktop
[INFO]:    hostpython2 is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Unpacking libffi for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://github.com/atgreen/libffi/archive/v3.2.1.zip
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/libffi/armeabi
[INFO]:    libffi is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Unpacking sdl2_image for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/re...(and 29 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    sdl2_image is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Unpacking sdl2_mixer for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/re...(and 29 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    sdl2_mixer is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Unpacking sdl2_ttf for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/relea...(and 25 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    sdl2_ttf is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Unpacking python2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/Python-2.7.2.tar.bz2
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/python2/armeabi
[INFO]:    python2 is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Unpacking sdl2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-2.0.4.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    sdl2 is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Unpacking setuptools for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/se...(and 33 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/setuptools/armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running tar tf /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android...(and 45 more)
[INFO]:    -> running mv setuptools-18.3.1 /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/pyth...(and 63 more)           
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Unpacking six for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/six/six-1.9.0.tar.gz
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/six-python2/armeabi
[INFO]:    six is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Unpacking pycparser for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/py...(and 29 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/pycparser-python2/armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running tar tf /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android...(and 41 more)
[INFO]:    -> running mv pycparser-2.14 /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-...(and 66 more)           
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Unpacking pyjnius for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://github.com/kivy/pyjnius/archive/master.zip
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/pyjnius-python2-sdl2/armeabi
[INFO]:    pyjnius is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Unpacking cffi for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/c/cff...(and 19 more)
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/cffi-python2/armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running tar tf /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android...(and 32 more)
[INFO]:    -> running mv cffi-1.4.2 /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-...(and 52 more)           
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Unpacking kivy for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running basename https://github.com/kivy/kivy/archive/master.zip
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/kivy-python2-sdl2/armeabi
[INFO]:    kivy is already unpacked, skipping
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    # Prebuilding recipes
[INFO]:    Prebuilding hostpython2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running cp /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforan...(and 143 more)
[INFO]:    Prebuilding libffi for armeabi
[INFO]:    libffi has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for libffi[armeabi]
[INFO]:    libffi already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding sdl2_image for armeabi
[INFO]:    sdl2_image has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for sdl2_image[armeabi]
[INFO]:    sdl2_image already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding sdl2_mixer for armeabi
[INFO]:    sdl2_mixer has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for sdl2_mixer[armeabi]
[INFO]:    sdl2_mixer already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding sdl2_ttf for armeabi
[INFO]:    sdl2_ttf has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding python2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    python2 has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for python2[armeabi]
[INFO]:    python2 already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding sdl2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    sdl2 has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for sdl2[armeabi]
[INFO]:    sdl2 already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding setuptools for armeabi
[INFO]:    setuptools has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding six for armeabi
[INFO]:    six has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding pycparser for armeabi
[INFO]:    pycparser has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding pyjnius for armeabi
[INFO]:    pyjnius has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for pyjnius[armeabi]
[INFO]:    pyjnius already patched, skipping
[INFO]:    Prebuilding cffi for armeabi
[INFO]:    cffi has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    Applying patches for cffi[armeabi]
[INFO]:    Applying patch disable-pkg-config.patch
[INFO]:    -> running patch -t -d /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-an...(and 151 more)
[INFO]:    -> running touch /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/...(and 53 more)           
[INFO]:    Prebuilding kivy for armeabi
[INFO]:    kivy has no prebuild_armeabi, skipping
[INFO]:    # Building recipes
[INFO]:    Building hostpython2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/hostpython2/desktop/hostpython2
[INFO]:    hostpython already exists, skipping build
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Building libffi for armeabi
ccache found, will optimize builds
('path is', '/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-sdk-linux/tools:/home/bidafiwoc/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games')
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/libffi/armeabi/libffi
[INFO]:    -> running configure --host=arm-linux-androideabi --prefix=/home...(and 91 more)
[INFO]:    -> running make -j5 libffi.la                                                              
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/libffi/armeabi/libffi
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/libffi/armeabi/libffi
[INFO]:    -> running cp -t /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/...(and 88 more)
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Building sdl2_image for armeabi
[INFO]:    Building sdl2_mixer for armeabi
[INFO]:    Building sdl2_ttf for armeabi
[INFO]:    Building python2 for armeabi
[INFO]:    -> running cp -a /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/...(and 138 more)
[INFO]:    Copying hostpython binary to targetpython folder
[INFO]:    -> running cp /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/bui...(and 155 more)
[INFO]:    -> running cp /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/bui...(and 145 more)
[INFO]:    Building sdl2 for armeabi
ccache found, will optimize builds
('path is', '/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-sdk-linux/tools:/home/bidafiwoc/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games')
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/bootstrap_builds/sdl2-python2/jni
[INFO]:    -> running ndk-build V=1
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc                                                        
[INFO]:    Building setuptools for armeabi
('name is', None, <class 'pythonforandroid.recipes.setuptools.SetuptoolsRecipe'>)
[INFO]:    setuptools apparently isn't already in site-packages
ccache found, will optimize builds
('path is', '/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-sdk-linux/tools:/home/bidafiwoc/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games')
[INFO]:    Installing setuptools into site-packages
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/setuptools/armeabi/setuptools
[INFO]:    -> running hostpython setup.py install -O2 --root=/home/bidafiwoc...(and 108 more)
[INFO]:    -> running hostpython setup.py install -O2 --root=/home/bidafiwoc...(and 115 more)          
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc                                                        
[INFO]:    Building six for armeabi
('name is', None, <class 'pythonforandroid.recipes.six.SixRecipe'>)
[INFO]:    six apparently isn't already in site-packages
ccache found, will optimize builds
('path is', '/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-sdk-linux/tools:/home/bidafiwoc/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games')
[INFO]:    Installing six into site-packages
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/six-python2/armeabi/six
[INFO]:    -> running python.host setup.py install -O2
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc                                                        
[INFO]:    Building pycparser for armeabi
('name is', None, <class 'pythonforandroid.recipes.pycparser.PycparserRecipe'>)
[INFO]:    pycparser apparently isn't already in site-packages
ccache found, will optimize builds
('path is', '/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-sdk-linux/tools:/home/bidafiwoc/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games')
[INFO]:    Installing pycparser into site-packages
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/pycparser-python2/armeabi/pycparser
[INFO]:    -> running hostpython setup.py install -O2 --root=/home/bidafiwoc...(and 108 more)
[INFO]:    -> running hostpython setup.py install -O2 --root=/home/bidafiwoc...(and 115 more)          
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc                                                        
[INFO]:    Building pyjnius for armeabi
('name is', 'jnius', <class 'pythonforandroid.recipes.pyjnius.PyjniusRecipe'>)
[INFO]:    jnius apparently isn't already in site-packages
[INFO]:    Cythonizing anything necessary in pyjnius
ccache found, will optimize builds
('path is', '/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-sdk-linux/tools:/home/bidafiwoc/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games')
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/pyjnius-python2-sdl2/armeabi/pyjnius
[INFO]:    -> running python.host -c import sys; print(sys.path)
('cwd is', '/home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/pyjnius-python2-sdl2/armeabi/pyjnius')
[INFO]:    Trying first build of pyjnius to get cython files: this is expected to fail
[INFO]:    -> running python.host setup.py build_ext -v
[INFO]:    First build appeared to complete correctly, skipping manualcythonising.                    
stripping
[INFO]:    -> running find ./build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7 -name *.o -exec arm...(and 46 more)
stripped!?
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
ccache found, will optimize builds
('path is', '/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-sdk-linux/tools:/home/bidafiwoc/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games')
[INFO]:    Installing pyjnius into site-packages
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/pyjnius-python2-sdl2/armeabi/pyjnius
[INFO]:    -> running python.host setup.py install -O2
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc                                                        
[INFO]:    Building cffi for armeabi
('name is', None, <class 'pythonforandroid.recipes.cffi.CffiRecipe'>)
[INFO]:    cffi apparently isn't already in site-packages
[INFO]:    Building compiled components in cffi
ccache found, will optimize builds
('path is', '/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-sdk-linux/tools:/home/bidafiwoc/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games')
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/libffi/armeabi/libffi
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/cffi-python2/armeabi/cffi
[INFO]:    -> running python.host setup.py clean --all
[INFO]:    -> running python.host setup.py build_ext -v                                               
[INFO]:    -> running find build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.7 -name "*.o" -exec arm...(and 46 more)           
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
ccache found, will optimize builds
('path is', '/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c/toolchains/arm-linux-androideabi-4.9/prebuilt/linux-x86_64/bin/:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-ndk-r11c:/home/bidafiwoc/AndroidUpstream/android-sdk-linux/tools:/home/bidafiwoc/.bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games')
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/libffi/armeabi/libffi
[INFO]:    <- directory context /home/bidafiwoc
[INFO]:    Installing cffi into site-packages
[INFO]:    -> directory context /home/bidafiwoc/.local/share/python-for-android/build/other_builds/cffi-python2/armeabi/cffi
[INFO]:    -> running python.host setup.py install -O2
[INFO]:    Rebuilding compiled components in cffi                                                     
[INFO]:    -> running hostpython setup.py clean --all
[INFO]:    -> running hostpython setup.py build_ext -v                                                
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                    
  File "/usr/local/bin/p4a", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('python-for-android==0.3', 'console_scripts', 'p4a')()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 753, in main
    ToolchainCL()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 331, in __init__
    getattr(self, args.command)(unknown)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 105, in wrapper_func
    build_dist_from_args(ctx, dist, dist_args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/toolchain.py", line 143, in build_dist_from_args
    build_recipes(build_order, python_modules, ctx)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/build.py", line 559, in build_recipes
    recipe.build_arch(arch)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/recipe.py", line 868, in build_arch
    self.install_python_package(arch)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/recipe.py", line 841, in install_python_package
    self.install_hostpython_package(arch)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/recipe.py", line 886, in install_hostpython_package
    self.rebuild_compiled_components(arch, env)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/recipe.py", line 895, in rebuild_compiled_components
    *self.setup_extra_args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pythonforandroid/logger.py", line 165, in shprint
    for line in output:
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sh.py", line 565, in next
    self.wait()
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sh.py", line 500, in wait
    self.handle_command_exit_code(exit_code)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sh.py", line 516, in handle_command_exit_code
    raise exc(self.ran, self.process.stdout, self.process.stderr)
sh.ErrorReturnCode_1

I'm posting it here, in this existing issues report, as it seems somewhat related (given cffi connection to libffi). Ryan --- if you think it's appropriate, please change issue title to "CFFI recipe fails with error in handling exit code". If you want it as a new issue, please close this issue, let me know, and I'll reopen as separate issue.

Thanks for your input! (And thanks for all your great work on Kivy.)

[gruns]

@bidafiwoc: I, too, shared this problem. The solution:

apt-get install libltdl-dev