commit: de65dc9655b2a783fd5340a7af2e455ea215c5db Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sat Sep 12 23:59:55 2015 +0000 Commit: Mike Gilbert <floppym <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Sun Sep 13 00:01:25 2015 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=de65dc96
distutils-r1.eclass: mkdir ${BUILD_DIR}/lib Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/559644 eclass/distutils-r1.eclass | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass b/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass index 3182e98..185dd4f 100644 --- a/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass +++ b/eclass/distutils-r1.eclass @@ -607,6 +607,14 @@ distutils-r1_run_phase() { fi local -x PYTHONPATH="${BUILD_DIR}/lib:${PYTHONPATH}" + # Bug 559644 + # using PYTHONPATH when the ${BUILD_DIR}/lib is not created yet might lead to + # problems in setup.py scripts that try to import modules/packages from that path + # during the build process (Python at startup evaluates PYTHONPATH, if the dir is + # not valid then associates a NullImporter object to ${BUILD_DIR}/lib storing it + # in the sys.path_importer_cache) + mkdir -p "${BUILD_DIR}/lib" || die + # We need separate home for each implementation, for .pydistutils.cfg. if [[ ! ${DISTUTILS_SINGLE_IMPL} ]]; then local -x HOME=${HOME}/${EPYTHON}