pidgin fails to emerge on my machine: * ERROR: net-im/pidgin-2.10.9-r1::gentoo failed (install phase): * python_fix_shebang: EPYTHON unset (pkg_setup not called?) aw25 pidgin # eix net-im/pidgin [I] net-im/pidgin Available versions: 2.10.7-r4 2.10.7-r5 2.10.9 2.10.9-r1 {aqua dbus debug doc eds gadu gnutls groupwise +gstreamer +gtk idn meanwhile mxit ncurses networkmanager nls perl prediction python sasl silc spell tcl tk +xscreensaver zephyr zeroconf PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 python3_2 python3_3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_2 python3_3"} Installed versions: 2.10.9-r1(05:39:46 PM 02/11/2014)(gtk python spell xscreensaver -aqua -dbus -debug -doc -eds -gadu -gnutls -groupwise -gstreamer -idn -meanwhile -mxit -ncurses -networkmanager -nls -perl -prediction -sasl -silc -tcl -tk -zephyr -zeroconf PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7 -python3_2 -python3_3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3 -python3_2") Homepage: http://pidgin.im/ Description: GTK Instant Messenger client Looking at the ebuild, the problem is that I don't have the ncurses flag set. In pkg_setup(): if use dbus || { use ncurses && use python; }; then python-single-r1_pkg_setup fi but in src_install(): if use python || use dbus ; then python_fix_shebang "${D}" python_optimize fi so python's setup doesn't run if +ncurses is not set. This patch fixes it: aw25 pidgin # diff -ur pidgin-2.10.9-r1.ebuild pidgin-2.10.9-r2.ebuild --- pidgin-2.10.9-r1.ebuild 2014-02-08 23:01:26.000000000 -0800 +++ pidgin-2.10.9-r2.ebuild 2014-02-11 17:48:42.303531991 -0800 @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ elog "You did not pick the ncurses or gtk use flags, only libpurple" elog "will be built." fi - if use dbus || { use ncurses && use python; }; then + if use dbus || use python; then python-single-r1_pkg_setup fi Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: USE="+python -ncurses" emerge -av1 =net-im/pidgin-2.10.9-r1 Actual Results: pidgin installs Expected Results: emerge fails
+ 12 Feb 2014; Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> pidgin-2.10.9.ebuild, + pidgin-2.10.9-r1.ebuild: + Fixed compilation with USE="-ncurses python" (bug #501034). + Thanks for the report.
