On Tue, 2025-08-26 at 15:18 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 8/26/25 3:08 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Tue, 2025-08-26 at 14:34 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 8/26/25 11:43 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2025-08-26 at 18:58 +0100, Barry Scott wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On 26 Aug 2025, at 16:54, Patrick O'Callaghan > > > > > > <pocallag...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Possibly, in which case the installation instructions, which just > > > > > > say > > > > > > to run 'pip install ffsubsync' are wrong. > > > > > > > > > > What you are missing is that pip *always* installs missing > > > > > dependencies for package you are installing. > > > > > The package will list its dependencies so that pip can do exactly > > > > > what you see. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's what I always assumed, so why didn't it install the missing > > > > dependency in this case? > > > > > > The C++ compiler isn't a "dependency" and can't be installed by pip. > > > You're expected to have it installed. > > > > Which is why I described it as a documentation bug, because the install > > README never mentions this. > > I can't imagine an install readme bothering to mention that...
If it's a requirement it clearly should mention it. Assuming that every system already has C++ installed is entirely unwarranted, especially when the package is supposedly in Python. I've filed this as a documentation bug on Github. poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
