When running "ebuild python-2.6.5-r2.ebuild install" it breaks while trying to create a directory "//home/". Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Bootstrap Prefix on Cygwin. The reason is a parameter handling in Makefile.pre.in line 1005 and 1085: --root=/$(DESTDIR) Where $DESTDIR is /home/... I think it is an unclean approach to try to fix a defectify reltive path by prepending a slash. People should give clean pathes. I append a little patch that works for me, if I find out how to do that. Maybe as comment in the next setp? Al
(In reply to comment #0) > I append a little patch that works for me, if I find out how to do that. Maybe > as comment in the next setp? Unified diff (diff -u <old> <new>) and there is a "Create a New Attachment" link ;)
Created attachment 247287 [details, diff] --root=/$(DESTDIR) to --root=$(DESTDIR) to avoid //home/ This patch works for me. There is more patching required to bootstrap Python on Cygwin. This patch only addresses the given issue.
this needs reevaluation