Bug 223255 – app-portage/gentoolkit requires dev-lang/python to be built with thread support

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Friedrich Oslage (RETIRED) 2008-05-22 20:31:54 UTC]

If python is compiled with the nothreads USE-flag this error message occurs
when trying to use equery:

$ equery belongs /bin/bash
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/equery", line 24, in ?
    import gentoolkit
  File "/usr/lib/gentoolkit/pym/gentoolkit/__init__.py", line 28, in ?
    from threading import Lock
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/threading.py", line 6, in ?
    import thread
ImportError: No module named thread

[Comment 1 Friedrich Oslage (RETIRED) 2008-05-22 20:32:26 UTC]

Created attachment 153981 [details, diff]
patch for gentoolkit ebuilds

[Comment 2 valli 2008-06-04 08:15:58 UTC]

This patch isn't correct anymore.
The 'nothreads' USE flag disappeared in >= python-2.4.4-r10.
They introduced the 'threads' USE flag in python now.

...
if ! built_with_use 'dev-lang/python' 'threads' ; then
	eerror "dev-lang/python is missing thread support. Please add"
	eerror "'threads' to your USE flags, and re-emerge dev-lang/python."
	die "dev-lang/python needs thread support"
fi
...

[Comment 3 Paul Varner (RETIRED) 2008-07-09 15:54:58 UTC]

Created attachment 159956 [details]
/usr/lib/gentoolkit/pym/gentoolkit/__init__.py

gentoolkit only requires thread support if it is used in a multi-threaded application.  I've fixed it so that if you don't have threads enabled, it defines a "null" Lock class.

$ svn commit -m "Fix gentoolkit to work without thread support in python. (Bug 223255)" ChangeLog src/gentoolkit/__init__.py
Sending        ChangeLog
Sending        src/gentoolkit/__init__.py
Transmitting file data ..
Committed revision 491.

[Comment 4 Paul Varner (RETIRED) 2008-07-10 16:47:42 UTC]

Released in gentoolkit-0.2.4_rc5.

[Comment 5 [e-mail] 2008-07-16 02:24:57 UTC]

*** Bug 230021 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***