The new release of esearch doesn't "compile" on OSX 10.3.8. python is currently masked for macosx, so it's not clear if "readline" support is in the Apple-provided python. flaming:~ rod$ emerge -u esearch Calculating dependencies ...done! >>> emerge (1 of 1) app-portage/esearch-0.7.1 to / >>> md5 src_uri ;-) esearch-0.7.1.tar.bz2 * Python has to be build with 'readline' support! * To do so: USE="readline" emerge python * Or, add "readline" to your USE string in * /etc/make.conf !!! ERROR: app-portage/esearch-0.7.1 failed. !!! Function pkg_setup, Line 25, Exitcode 0 !!! Works only with python readline support !!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message. flaming:~ rod$ emerge info !!! Relying on the shell to locate gcc, this may break !!! DISTCC, installing gcc-config and setting your current gcc !!! profile will fix this Portage 2.0.51.18 (default-darwin/macos/10.3, gcc-3.3, libsystem-7.1-r0, 7.8.0 Power Macintosh) ================================================================= System uname: 7.8.0 Power Macintosh powerpc macos-20041118 Python: [2.3 (#1, Sep 13 2003, 00:49:11)] distcc 2.0.1-zeroconf powerpc-apple-darwin7.0 (protocol 1) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: [Not Present] sys-devel/autoconf: [Not Present] sys-devel/automake: [Not Present] sys-devel/binutils: [Not Present] sys-devel/libtool: [Not Present] virtual/os-headers: 7.1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="ppc-macos ~ppc-macos" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="powerpc-apple-darwin" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig candy ccache collision-protect distlocks userpriv" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.datapipe.net/gentoo ftp://gentoo.ccccom.com" MAKEOPTS="-j3" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="ppc X emboss jpeg ncurses nls png ppc-macos readline ssl unicode" Unset: ASFLAGS, CBUILD, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:
Seems to work on 10.4 for me. For <10.4, you can use the progressive profile and clobber apple provided python.