Bug 436834 – [fm-overlay overlay] dev-util/ninja-ide fails to execute with QString error

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Aaron Burnett 2012-10-01 21:15:10 UTC]

Created attachment 325496 [details]
ninja-ide-9999.ebuild from fm-overlay

The dev-util/ninja-ide ebuild (from the fm-overlay overlay) successfully builds, but fails upon program execution with the following error:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ninja-ide", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('NINJA-IDE==2.1.1', 'gui_scripts', 'ninja-ide')()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ninja_ide/__init__.py", line 51, in setup_and_run
    from ninja_ide import core
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ninja_ide/core/__init__.py", line 29, in <module>
    from ninja_ide.core.core import run_ninja
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ninja_ide/core/core.py", line 23, in <module>
    from ninja_ide import resources
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/ninja_ide/resources.py", line 42, in <module>
    HOME_NINJA_PATH = os.path.join(HOME_PATH, ".ninja_ide")
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/posixpath.py", line 68, in join
    elif path == '' or path.endswith('/'):
AttributeError: 'QString' object has no attribute 'endswith'

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Ninja-ide should be using the API2 of PyQT4, in which QString should not exist, as is my understanding.

Python: 2.7.3
PyQT4: 4.9.4

[Comment 1 Aaron Burnett 2012-10-08 17:05:06 UTC]

Created attachment 326024 [details]
ninja-ide-2.1.1.ebuild

[Comment 2 Aaron Burnett 2012-10-08 17:05:28 UTC]

Created attachment 326026 [details]
ninja-ide.desktop

[Comment 3 Aaron Burnett 2012-10-08 17:06:59 UTC]

I verified that the problem is upstream.  They also decided to port the program to python 3, which means a working version for the ninja-ide-9999.ebuild may take some time.  

I have attached an ebuild for 2.1.1, which should work correctly.  There was no PyQT4 API stuff in the 2.1.1 build.  I also included the ninja-ide.desktop file (which should be placed in the subfolder "files") that is mostly from the original author, with a few minor changes.  The 2.1.1 ebuild is also based on the original author's ebuild, with some changes.

I don't suppose there is any chance this could be added to the main portage tree?

[Comment 4 Aaron Burnett 2012-10-08 21:29:55 UTC]

Created attachment 326040 [details]
ninja-ide-2.1.1.ebuild

Attatched is a revised version of the ninja-ide-2.1.1.ebuild with lots of help from #gentoo-sunrise and #gentoo-dev-help.

[Comment 5 Julian Ospald 2012-10-09 21:29:09 UTC]

+*ninja-ide-2.1.1 (09 Oct 2012)
+
+  09 Oct 2012; Julian Ospald <[e-mail]> +ninja-ide-2.1.1.ebuild,
+  +files/ninja-ide-2.1.1-lang.patch, +metadata.xml:
+  initial import with Aaron Burnett wrt #436834