The package inherits python-r1 but does not call any of its functions. Whatever it's supposed to do, it isn't doing it.
I am already aware of it and have removed Python completely from the ebuild. I will soon upload a fixed version.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=54defbd269995d139b5f27647a52b4c99e95964d commit 54defbd269995d139b5f27647a52b4c99e95964d Author: Petr Vaněk <arkamar@atlas.cz> AuthorDate: 2020-03-09 09:08:43 +0000 Commit: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2020-04-04 07:38:58 +0000 dev-libs/hyperscan: correct python dependencies Python is build time dependency only. It works perfectly with python3 and there is no need to depend on Python2. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/710218 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.89, Repoman-2.3.20 Signed-off-by: Petr Vaněk <arkamar@atlas.cz> Signed-off-by: Joonas Niilola <juippis@gentoo.org> .../{hyperscan-5.2.1.ebuild => hyperscan-5.2.1-r1.ebuild} | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)