On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 2:13 PM William Hubbs <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 10:58:23PM +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > > On Thu, 2020-12-17 at 16:50 -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 4:44 PM Michał Górny <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2020-12-17 at 16:30 -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > > > > Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/759433 > > > > > Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <[email protected]> > > > > > --- > > > > > eclass/meson.eclass | 3 ++- > > > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/eclass/meson.eclass b/eclass/meson.eclass > > > > > index 21338280df33..6296f1dd26e5 100644 > > > > > --- a/eclass/meson.eclass > > > > > +++ b/eclass/meson.eclass > > > > > @@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ EOF > > > > > # '--unicode-16=𐐷', '--unicode-32=𐤅'] > > > > > # > > > > > _meson_env_array() { > > > > > - python -c "${__MESON_ARRAY_PARSER}" "$@" > > > > > + local python="$(eselect python show)" > > > > > + ${python} -c "${__MESON_ARRAY_PARSER}" "$@" > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > # @FUNCTION: _meson_get_machine_info > > > > > > > > You're missing a BDEPEND on app-eselect/eselect-python. > > > > > > > > Also, I really don't like these workarounds. It takes a lot of > > > > effort > > > > to figure out how to break stuff, so people stop doing awful > > > > things. > > > > It's disrespectful to my time when you invent new hacks. Now I'll > > > > have > > > > to figure out how to change eselect-python to break it. > > > > > > Why is this such an awful thing to do? > > > > > > The code should be able to execute with any version of python > > > currently supported by Gentoo. > > > > > > Please don't assume that I'm trying to avoid a proper solution here. > > > Please suggest a better alternative if you have one. > > > > I actually liked installing the script to the system. > > If we are going to install it to the system, that should not be done by > dev-util/meson; it is a gentoo-specific script, so we should probably > create a separate package for it. Also, it is debatable whether that > script should be installed in a directory that is on the path.
I don't really want to create a separate package to install a single file. dev-util/meson is just a convenient place to install it. I think it is ok to install it in PATH, so long as it is unlikely to conflict with other program names. > I have major concerns about the native-symlinks use flag for python-exec. > It looks like turning this flag off would result in /usr/bin/python not being > installed which will cause massive breakage. This is similar to removing > /bin/sh., so I am strongly against the idea of this use flag unless > upstream python is recommending it. If they are not installing > /usr/bin/python in their native builds any longer, I'll be quiet. > Otherwise, imo this is a really bad idea for a use flag. The native-symlinks flag exists to break things intentionally. https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=5bd5d2f9ea331119ea681e52ccaff1bce172ac98
