Bug 413771 – python-distutils-ng.eclass fails bytecode generation with Python 3

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description James Rowe 2012-04-27 18:23:04 UTC]

The print syntax used in python-distutils-ng_src_install is invalid with
Python 3, and bytecode isn't generated for packages using the eclass.

The patch attached fixes that by just using the print() syntax,
which in this simple case works identically for Python 2.5+.

Thanks,

James

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 James Rowe 2012-04-27 18:23:32 UTC]

Created attachment 310289 [details, diff]
Fix bytecode generation for Python 3

[Comment 2 Michał Górny 2012-05-02 14:07:01 UTC]

If someone needed compatibility with ancient Python versions, I guess sys.stdout.write() could be used instead.

[Comment 3 James Rowe 2012-05-02 17:20:29 UTC]

> If someone needed compatibility with ancient Python versions, I guess
> sys.stdout.write() could be used instead.

Just in case my original comment was a little misleading.  The
`print(" ".join(sys.path))` version works right back to 2.0, when str.join 
was introduced.  What I really meant was "my change works correctly with all 
Python versions currently in the tree."

[Comment 4 Mike Gilbert 2012-05-02 21:41:12 UTC]

Thank you for the report and patch James. I have committed your solution.