Excerpt from the build log: Program python2 found: YES (/x/portage/dev-util/meson-9999/temp/python3.8/bin/python2) Could not introspect Python (['/x/portage/dev-util/meson-9999/temp/python3.8/bin/python2', '-c', "import sysconfig\nimport json\nimport sys\n\ninstall_paths = sysconfig.get_paths(scheme='posix_prefix', vars={'base': '', 'platbase': '', 'installed_base': ''})\n\ndef links_against_libpython():\n from distutils.core import Distribution, Extension\n cmd = Distribution().get_command_obj('build_ext')\n cmd.ensure_finalized()\n return bool(cmd.get_libraries(Extension('dummy', [])))\n\nprint (json.dumps ({\n 'variables': sysconfig.get_config_vars(),\n 'paths': sysconfig.get_paths(),\n 'install_paths': install_paths,\n 'version': sysconfig.get_python_version(),\n 'platform': sysconfig.get_platform(),\n 'is_pypy': '__pypy__' in sys.builtin_module_names,\n 'link_libpython': links_against_libpython(),\n}))\n"]): exit code 127 Program stdout: Program stderr: : python_wrapper_setup: python2 is not supported by python3.8 (PYTHON_COMPAT) meson.build:31:0: ERROR: <ExternalProgram 'python2' -> ['/x/portage/dev-util/meson-9999/temp/python3.8/bin/python2']> is not a valid python or it is missing setuptools
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