Emerging freecad with dev-libs/boost[-python] (which is the default) gives the following error: CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1286 (message): Unable to find the requested Boost libraries. Boost version: 1.56.0 Boost include path: /usr/include Could not find the following Boost libraries: boost_python No Boost libraries were found. You may need to set BOOST_LIBRARYDIR to the directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT to the location of Boost. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Emerge freecad-9999 2. 3. Emerging dev-libs/boost with python use flag enabled fixes the problem. Freecad emerges and starts successfully.
commit 8617c76a7dfd76788e943867a4101f7c68fb10f0 Author: David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org> Date: Wed Jan 18 20:51:46 2017 +0100 media-gfx/freecad: Update live ebuild Gentoo-bug: 569498