Bug 278004 – dev-python/pyyaml-3.08 has automagic dependancy on dev-libs/libyaml

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) 2009-07-16 02:29:34 UTC]

With the libyaml use flag disabled you get this in config.log:

libyaml is not found or a compiler error: forcing --without-libyaml
(if libyaml is installed correctly, you may need to
 specify the option --include-dirs or uncomment and
 modify the parameter include_dirs in setup.cfg)

However if libyaml is installed and the USE flag is still turned off, the message disappears. What you should do is something like this:

src_compile() {
    distutils_src_compile $(use_with libyaml)
}

...I think. (untested)

[Comment 1 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2009-09-05 16:32:40 UTC]

(In reply to comment #0)
> src_compile() {
>     distutils_src_compile $(use_with libyaml)
> }

It doesn't work, because distutils_src_compile() uses "$@" as options of "build" command, but setup.py of dev-python/pyyaml supports only global option --with-libyaml / --without-libyaml.

[Comment 2 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2009-09-05 16:46:52 UTC]

I added support for DISTUTILS_GLOBAL_OPTIONS in distutils.eclass.

This bug has been fixed in dev-python/pyyaml-3.09.