It works with current stable dev-python/setuptools-0.6.30-r1. 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build log http://b-4.xmw.de/var/log/portage/build/app-misc/goobook-1.4-r1:20130708-151216.log reported upstream as http://code.google.com/p/goobook/issues/detail?id=40
@python team: Can you help me out here, please?
Ah, this is happening due to a hidden feature of the old distutils.eclass. From distutils_src_prepare: # Delete distribute_setup files to prevent packages from installing Distribute on their own. [[ -d distribute_setup || -f distribute_setup.py ]] && distribute_setup_existence="1" rm -fr distribute_setup* if [[ "${distribute_setup_existence}" == "1" ]]; then echo "def use_setuptools(*args, **kwargs): pass" > distribute_setup.py fi I wonder if we should implement this in distutils-r1_python_prepare_all.
Created attachment 352892 [details, diff] Ebuild patch In the mean time, this patch will resolve the issue for goobook.
+ 09 Jul 2013; Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> distutils-r1.eclass: + Stub-out ez_setup.py and distribute_setup.py to prevent packages from + downloading their own copy of setuptools. + 09 Jul 2013; Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> goobook-1.4-r1.ebuild: + Don't clobber distutils-r1_python_prepare_all.