Dale <[email protected]> [10-06-20 01:33]:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >On Saturday 19 June 2010 18:06:58 [email protected] wrote:
> >
> >>David W Noon<[email protected]> [10-06-19 18:00]:
> >>
> >>>On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:00:02 +0200, [email protected] wrote about
> >>>Re:
> >>>
> >>>[gentoo-user] Re: Compilation aborted for setuptools-0.6.12:
> >>>
> >>>>walt<[email protected]> [10-06-19 16:48]:
> >>>>
> >>>[snip]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>Have you set eselect python to use python-3 instead of python-2?
> >>>>>If
> >>>>>so,
> >>>>>try setting it back to python-2.
> >>>>>
> >>>>No, python 2.6 ist set according to the output of
> >>>>
> >>>> eselect python list
> >>>>
> >>>>python 3.1 is installed but not selected.
> >>>>
> >>>>What else can produce this compilation error?
> >>>>
> >>>Have you run python-updater?
> >>>
> >>>When new packages have Python components, they will build both 2.6
> >>>and
> >>>3.1 modules if possible. This means that their dependencies also
> >>>need
> >>>to have both 2.6 and 3.1 modules. You achieve this by running
> >>>python-updater; this can take several hours.
> >>>
> >>Hi Dave,
> >>
> >>wait...hopefully I understand this correctly, before I start to screw
> >>up my newly installed system...
> >>
> >>State 1 right after installing Gentoo: Pyton2.6 selected, installed
> >>and up.
> >>State 2 some days later while upateing python3.1 was offered but
> >>should *not* eselect python 3.1 since some older package are still
> >>not updated to work correctly with 3.1
> >>State 3 setuptools seems to try to compile against 3.1 and failed.
> >>
> >>Now I should run python-updater to ... (scratching my head)?
> >>To update to python 3.1..but setuptools failed while compiling
> >>against python 3.1
> >>
> >>It seems I myself feel a little screwed up,,, ;)
> >>
> >>?
> >>
> >>Best regards,
> >>mcc
> >>
> >Did you miss the significance of this part?
> >
> >"This means that their dependencies also need to have both 2.6 and 3.1
> >modules. You achieve this by running python-updater; this can take
> >several
> >hours."
> >
> >
>
> Or if he doesn't really need python 3, he can just mask the thing until
> he does need it. Of course, he may have to run python-updater again or
> rebuild the same packages again to get them to not use python 3.
>
> Yep, making this stable hasn't confused anyone yet. o_O
>
> Dale
>
> :-) :-)
>
Ok, I run python-updater and It fails with (guess...drumroll):
* Messages for package dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12:
* ERROR: dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12 failed:
* Building failed with CPython 3.1 in distutils_building() function
*
* Call stack:
* ebuild.sh, line 54: Called src_compile
* environment, line 4627: Called distutils_src_compile
* environment, line 1257: Called python_execute_function
'distutils_building'
* environment, line 3405: Called die
* The specific snippet of code:
* die "${failure_message}";
*
* If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info
=dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12',
* the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv
=dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12'.
* The complete build log is located at
'/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12/temp/build.log'.
* The ebuild environment file is located at
'/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12/temp/environment'.
* S: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12/work/distribute-0.6.12'
*
* The following package has failed to build or install:
*
* ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12', 'merge'), Log file:
* '/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12/temp/build.log'
*
And yes: I need python 3.1 (building the svn version of blender needs
it, which gets installed under /uss/local/...)
Is this the infamous cat, which bits into its own tail... ?
Best regards,
mcc
