dev-util/eric-3.4.2 requires /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/libsip.so and this file is supplied by dev-python/sip-3.8-r1. However, the newer sip-4.0.1 is inexplicably missing this file, so eric will not run after sip is upgraded to 4.0.1. Worse, reinstalling eric while sip-4.0.1 is installed produces an error message to the effect that libsip is missing and this is really bad -- and then the ebuild proceeds to install a smaller set of ineffectual files and reports that eric is installed!!! It's not installed. The ebuild is lying to me. It's lying to us all. I suggest changing the eric ebuild script such that if this message is encountered, it simply fails. And second, perhaps sip-4.0.1 can be modified to create libsip.so, as it does create "sip.so". Maybe there has been name change. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Emerge sip-4.0.1 and PyQt-3.12 (the latest) 2. Emerge eric-3.4.2 (the latest) Actual Results: The eric ebuild complains about libsip missing, but finishes and incorrectly asserts success. Expected Results: The eric ebuild should have stopped when it found libsip missing; or, the eric ebuild should have required sip-3.8-r1 or earlier; or, sip-4.0.1 should have provided libsip.so. emerge info Portage 2.0.50-r11 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.4, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r1, 2.6.8.1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.8.1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r4 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.5-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control"CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O3 -march=pentium4 -funroll-loops -fprefetch-loop-arrays -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.seren.com/gentoo ftp://mirror.iawnet.sandia.gov/pub/gentoo/ http://cudlug.cudenver.edu/gentoo/ http://mirror.tucdemonic.org/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm avi berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cups dga doc dvd dvdr emacs encode foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile imlib jack java jikes jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pda pdflib perl png ppds python quicktime readline scanner sdl slang spell sse ssl tcltk tcpd tiff truetype usb video_cards_radeon videos x86 xml2 xmms xprint xv zlib"
There's no problem with eric and sip.so. Please add the exact error output.
There was a problem! I swear on my Pentium-4 and the P-III and 80386 which came before! Yet this evening, as I emerged each package and carefully collected all of the output in an emacs buffer, no problem appeared. As you stated, there was -- to my disbelieving eyes -- no problem with eric and sip.so. So I am closing my bug as invalid. Thank you for your time.
