Ebuilds for dev-util/boost-build-1.51.0 or later contain the following line, which apparently doesn't respect $EPREFIX: CC=$(tc-getCC) ./build.sh ${toolset} -d+2 $(use_with python python /usr) || die "building bjam failed" The use of an unprefixed path "/usr" results in an error during the compilation phase (Python.h is not found). Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. On a prefixed installation try USE="python" emerge ">=boost-build-1.51.0" Actual Results: Compilation failure Expected Results: Successful compilation Portage 2.2.01.21418-prefix (prefix/linux/amd64, gcc-4.6.3, unavailable, 2.6.18-194.11.4.el5 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.18-194.11.4.el5-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_E5620_@_2.40GHz-with-redhat-5.5-Final Timestamp of tree: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:52:33 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23 ccache version 3.1.8 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p37::gentoo_prefix dev-lang/python: 2.7.3-r2::gentoo_prefix, 3.3.0::gentoo_prefix dev-util/ccache: 3.1.8::gentoo_prefix dev-util/cmake: 2.8.9::gentoo_prefix dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.27.1::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/autoconf: 2.69::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/automake: 1.11.5::gentoo_prefix, 1.12.4::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/binutils: 2.23::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.6-r1::gentoo_prefix, 4.6.3::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.5-r2::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2::gentoo_prefix sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4::gentoo_prefix sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.6::gentoo_prefix (virtual/os-headers) Repositories: gentoo_prefix triqs ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64-linux" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -mmmx -msse -msse2 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -msse4.2 -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -mmmx -msse -msse2 -mssse3 -msse4.1 -msse4.2 -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/home/krivenko/.gentoo/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--autounmask-keep-masks" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs ccache collision-protect config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles force-prefix merge-sync news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.modulix.net/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j6" PKGDIR="/home/krivenko/.gentoo/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/home/krivenko/.gentoo/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/home/krivenko/.gentoo/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/home/krivenko/.gentoo/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/home/krivenko/.gentoo/var/lib/layman/triqs" SYNC="rsync://rsync.prefix.freens.org/gentoo-portage-prefix" USE="amd64 bash-completion berkdb blas bzip2 cli crypt curl cxx dri expat fftw fortran ftp gd gif git gmp hdf5 iconv icu idn jpeg lapack latex lzma mmap mmx mng modules mpi mudflap ncurses nptl openmp pch pcre perl png posix postscript pppd prefix python readline session smp sqlite3 sse sse2 ssl static-libs subversion svg threads tiff truetype unicode vim-syntax zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga nouveau nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON
Please confirm this bug, as I get the following in MacOS (see last line): >>> Compiling source in /Library/Gentoo/var/tmp/portage/dev-util/boost-build-1.52.0-r1/work/boost_1_52_0/tools/build/v2 ... ### ### Using 'darwin' toolset. ### rm -rf bootstrap mkdir bootstrap cc -o bootstrap/mkjambase0 mkjambase.c ./bootstrap/mkjambase0 jambase.c Jambase cc -o bootstrap/jam0 command.c compile.c constants.c debug.c function.c glob.c hash.c hdrmacro.c headers.c jam.c jambase.c jamgram.c lists.c make.c make1.c object.c option.c output.c parse.c pathunix.c regexp.c rules.c scan.c search.c subst.c timestamp.c variable.c modules.c strings.c filesys.c builtins.c pwd.c class.c native.c md5.c w32_getreg.c modules/set.c modules/path.c modules/regex.c modules/property-set.c modules/sequence.c modules/order.c execunix.c fileunix.c function.c: In function ‘argument_list_print’: function.c:3109: warning: format ‘%s’ expects type ‘char *’, but argument 2 has type ‘struct OBJECT *’ function.c:3109: warning: format ‘%s’ expects type ‘char *’, but argument 2 has type ‘struct OBJECT *’ ./bootstrap/jam0 -f build.jam --toolset=darwin --toolset-root= -d+2 --with-python=/usr clean ./bootstrap/jam0 -f build.jam --toolset=darwin --toolset-root= -d+2 --with-python=/usr [MKDIR] bin.macosxx86_64 mkdir "bin.macosxx86_64" [COMPILE] bin.macosxx86_64/b2 "cc" -o bin.macosxx86_64/b2 "-DNDEBUG" "-DOPT_HEADER_CACHE_EXT" "-DOPT_GRAPH_DEBUG_EXT" "-DOPT_SEMAPHORE" "-DOPT_AT_FILES" "-DOPT_DEBUG_PROFILE" "-DOPT_FIX_TARGET_VARIABLES_EXT" "-DOPT_IMPROVED_PATIENCE_EXT" "-DYYSTACKSIZE=5000" "-DHAVE_PYTHON" "-Wl,-x" "-finline-functions" "-I/usr/Headers" "command.c" "compile.c" "constants.c" "debug.c" "function.c" "glob.c" "hash.c" "hcache.c" "headers.c" "hdrmacro.c" "jam.c" "jambase.c" "jamgram.c" "lists.c" "make.c" "make1.c" "mem.c" "object.c" "option.c" "output.c" "parse.c" "regexp.c" "rules.c" "scan.c" "search.c" "subst.c" "w32_getreg.c" "timestamp.c" "variable.c" "modules.c" "strings.c" "filesys.c" "builtins.c" "pwd.c" "class.c" "native.c" "md5.c" "modules/set.c" "modules/path.c" "modules/regex.c" "modules/property-set.c" "modules/sequence.c" "modules/order.c" "execunix.c" "fileunix.c" "pathunix.c" "-Wl,-dead_strip_dylibs" "-L/usr" "-lPython" In file included from command.c:17: jam.h:42:20: error: Python.h: No such file or directory ... many more errors after this, but this is what matters.
fixed thanks