The paver fails to install if setuptools in not installed on the system. The bug is triggered by --no-compile option in src_install phase: pythonX.Y setup.py build -b build-X.Y install --root=... --no-compile Steps to reproduce: 1) emerge -C setuptools 2) emerge -1 paver OR (assuming python 2.5 and 2.6 installed) 1)install setuptools not for all installed python versions, e.g.: USE_PYTHON="2.6" emerge -1 setuptools 2)USE_PYTHON="2.5 2.6" emerge -1 dev-python/paver Upstream bug (fixed): https://github.com/paver/paver/issues/closed#issue/2 Upstream commit that fixes this issue (commited): https://github.com/paver/paver/commit/c849221d18205b63229568805a58290c6ed2c210 Below are patch and patch for the ebuild.
Created attachment 257124 [details] Part of the log with bug
Created attachment 257125 [details, diff] Patch that fixes this bug (from upstream)
Created attachment 257130 [details, diff] Patch for ebuild
Paver is not related to Qt in any way. Please change Assigned To: field to something other.
This bug should be fixed in dev-python/paver-1.0.4.