It's weird, i'm not sure to understand all that happens. 1) botan used to have a 'python' USE but does not anymore 2) in the 1.10.1, python is mentionned, as if it was a harcoded dep 3) when installed, nothing related to python is installed 'import botan' does not work anymore Which makes it worse, like _really_ worse, is that botan 1.9.* stuff is not available anymore from the tree. Python was working/installed well with 1.9.*, and once you realize 1.10.1 is broken, you can not go back. Is it possible to re-enable 1.9.* until this issue is fixed ? Reproducible: Always
that's almost 2 months ago; still happening? On examining the ebuild and its build. you're correct. The source is configured by a python configure script. Beyond that, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-g++ -Ibuild/include -march=native -pipe -O2 -D_REENTRANT -Wno-long-long -W -Wall -fPIC -fvisibility=hidden -c src/stream/ctr/ctr.cpp -o build/lib/stream_ctr.o It's a C++ build making libbotan-1.10.a, libbotan-1.10.so.0 Not knowing the package, it seems this entire outcome is by design. It appears no longer to be intended as a python module. If you wish, send a query to crypto@gentoo.org. If you find it should still be an importable python module, re=comment to re-open the bug. Seeing 2 months has passed, I would say the answer to Is it possible to re-enable 1.9.* until this issue is fixed ? is clearly no
Of course the problem is still there. Support for python was added in the development branch 1.9 and is one of the main feature added in the (stable branch) 1.10. Check ebuilds for 1.9.x and you'll see. It's quite simple, the 'python' USE flag enable some ./configure option so that the python module get compiled/installed. I'm stuck with the previous 1.9.x ebuild copied in my overlay meanwhile :/ The author of botan is usually handling gentoo ebuild/requests. I'm sure he could confirm that botan 1.10.x
(In reply to comment #2) > The author of botan is usually handling gentoo ebuild/requests. I'm sure he > could confirm that botan 1.10.x .. has python support. (he's in cc of this bug)
dev-libs/botan-1.10.1 with proper support for multiple Python ABIs is now available in Progress Overlay.
(In reply to comment #4) > dev-libs/botan-1.10.1 with proper support for multiple Python ABIs is now > available in Progress Overlay. Any chance for an ebuild for portage?
botan-1.10.3-r1 contains python support, I hope I've done this correct.
