675470 – dev-lang/python-3.6.5 - Add conditional support for --with-dtrace for profiling

Bug 675470 - dev-lang/python-3.6.5 - Add conditional support for --with-dtrace for profiling

Summary: dev-lang/python-3.6.5 - Add conditional support for --with-dtrace for profiling

Status:	UNCONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Python Gentoo Team

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Keywords:	PullRequest

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Reported:	2019-01-15 08:08 UTC by Jay Kamat
Modified:	2019-01-27 06:48 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

See Also:	https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/10910
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Description Jay Kamat 2019-01-15 08:08:38 UTC

Created attachment 561184 [details]
my emerge info

Per https://docs.python.org/3/howto/instrumentation.html, you can gain some very powerful python tracing tools by enabling the '--with-dtrace' option when building python.

I have tested this with 'EXTRA_ECONF="--with-dtrace"' after installing dev-util/systemtap, and the USDT probes are enabled as expected.

Would it be possible to add a use flag to python to enable this for me? I would be happy to contribute this if I get a little bit of guidance on naming/style.