Bug 109625

Summary:	boost ebuild fails to set PYTHON_ROOT correctly on OSX
Product:	Gentoo/Alt	Reporter:	Fred Grim <fgrim>
Component:	Mac OSX	Assignee:	Gentoo for Mac OS X <ppc-macos>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	PPC
OS:	OS X
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Fred Grim 2005-10-17 13:50:42 UTC

Summary says it all.  In the ebuild PYTHON_ROOT=/usr but on OSX it's more like
/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.emerge boost
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
no boost python built

Expected Results:  
built boost python

Comment 1 Elias Pipping (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-08-14 10:30:41 UTC

this is now invalid:
 * 1.3.2 is not in the tree
 * PYTHON_ROOT is not set in 1.3.4x
 * using /System/Library/Frameworks would be undesirable except for coreaudio and the like

Comment 2 Fabian Groffen gentoo-dev

2007-08-14 11:37:23 UTC

Try the one in prefix.  Personally I'd prefer to shoot boost (+ devs) off this planet.