The most recent release of "dev-python/pytest-xdist" reliably consumes 100% of all processors and both RAM and swap during installation. The src_compile() emerge phase fails to halt on attempting to run "/usr/bin/python3.4 setup.py build", as demonstrated by the following output: $ emerge --ask pytest-xdist These are the packages that would be merged: Calculating dependencies ... done! [ebuild N ~] dev-python/pytest-xdist-1.14::gentoo PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_4 -pypy -pypy3 -python2_7 -python3_3 -python3_5" 0 KiB Total: 1 package (1 new), Size of downloads: 0 KiB Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No] Yes >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) dev-python/pytest-xdist-1.14::gentoo * pytest-xdist-1.14.zip SHA256 SHA512 WHIRLPOOL size ;-) ... [ ok ] >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking pytest-xdist-1.14.zip to /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pytest-xdist-1.14/work >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pytest-xdist-1.14/work >>> Preparing source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pytest-xdist-1.14/work/pytest-xdist-1.14 ... >>> Source prepared. >>> Configuring source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pytest-xdist-1.14/work/pytest-xdist-1.14 ... >>> Source configured. >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pytest-xdist-1.14/work/pytest-xdist-1.14 ... * python3_4: running distutils-r1_run_phase distutils-r1_python_compile /usr/bin/python3.4 setup.py build Installation spins here, soon grinding the entire machine to a standstill. I'm unhappy to confirm this failure is independent of Python version, as installation fails in the same insane manner when attempting to install "pytest-xdist" under both Python 2.7 and Python 3.4. While the above output is specific to Python 3.4 installation, the output from Python 2.7 installation is identical. Oddly, this library *IS* trivially installable on this machine via pip: * Under Python 3 by running "pip3 install pytest-xdist". * Under Python 2 by running "pip install pytest-xdist". Hence, it's neither this library nor this machine. It's the ebuild installing this library.
Created attachment 430036 [details] "emerge --info" output
I don't get the same behavior on stable (1.15) or unstable (1.22.2) versions on python 3.6. Do you still get this?
