# emerge simplejson [. . .] >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/simplejson-1.7.1/work/simplejson-1.7.1 ... Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 6, in <module> from setuptools import setup, find_packages, Extension, Feature ImportError: No module named setuptools Emerges fine if setuptools is emerged first. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
DEPEND="test? ( dev-python/nose ) dev-python/setuptools" RDEPEND="" The current ebuild already does that :) Closing.