Bug 285841 – dev-lang/python-2.6.2-r01.4: configure: error: Unexpected output of 'arch' on OSX

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo/Alt

[Description Crazor 2009-09-21 15:44:10 UTC]

When I try to bootstrap on Mac OS X 10.6.1, i get the following message:
"configure: error: Unexpected output of 'arch' on OSX"
while configuring python-2.6.2-r01.4 while executing code listing 1.9 (emerge portage).
I started with ./bootstrap-prefix.sh $EPREFIX tree, although I then tried with latest_tree and also with emerge --sync before re-emerging portage.

[Comment 1 Crazor 2009-09-21 15:45:34 UTC]

Created attachment 204829 [details]
config.log

[Comment 2 Crazor 2009-09-21 20:42:49 UTC]

Whereas /usr/bin/arch returns i386 on my (K64-booted) system, the one inside the prefix returns x86_64. When I replace arch by a script that echos i386, python emerges fine.

[Comment 3 Fabian Groffen 2009-09-21 20:44:30 UTC]

Aha, that explains.  So we better fix python a bit more.

[Comment 4 Stuart Shelton 2009-09-22 16:58:11 UTC]

Same problem here.

[Comment 5 Fabian Groffen 2009-09-22 18:16:10 UTC]

I just did an attempt to fix this:
http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/alt/changeset/51311/trunk/prefix-overlay

[Comment 6 Pete Black 2009-09-26 15:51:31 UTC]

Created attachment 205304 [details, diff]
Disable qt module with use flag

I had've been having problems with compiles failing when truing to build the _Qt module. Sorry, just deleted the logs, but I could get those if someone's interested.

The patch is python-2.6.2-r2.ebuild and disables the building of the _Qt module by default.

[Comment 7 Pete Black 2009-09-26 15:53:23 UTC]

(In reply to comment #5)
> I just did an attempt to fix this:
> http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/alt/changeset/51311/trunk/prefix-overlay
> 

Can confirm that this fixes the 'arch' problem. I have used a similar version locally.