Bug 350098 – media-tv/xbmc-10.0 doesn't detect Python 2.7

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Tom Flair 2010-12-29 23:07:09 UTC]

media-tv/xbmc-10.0 should depend on <=dev-lang/python-2.6

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
At present, XBMC will not build without python 2.4, 2.5 or 2.6 present.  For those running unstable that have upgraded to 2.7 and removed 2.6, XBMC fails to configure.  The ebuild should require anything equal to, or lesser than 2.6.

1.  emerge -aC dev-lang/python:2.6
2.  emerge =media-tv/xbmc-10.0
3.  Watch it fail at
checking for main in -lpython2.6... no
checking for main in -lpython2.5... no
checking for main in -lpython2.4... no
configure: error: Could not find a required library. Please see the README for your platform.

[Comment 1 Tom Flair 2010-12-29 23:09:04 UTC]

Created attachment 258408 [details, diff]
Changes python dependency

Changes python dependency from   >=dev-lang/python-2.4  to <=dev-lang/python-2.6 .

We currently have 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6 in the tree, all fit the requirement.

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=81047
http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/7991

[Comment 2 Rafał Mużyło 2010-12-30 00:55:52 UTC]

As I see it, unless there's a real (i.e. syntax) incompatibility with python 2.7,
the patch, that's needed should be for configure check.

[Comment 3 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) 2010-12-30 08:46:24 UTC]

And <=dev-lang/python-2.6 is wrong anyway as that would exclude any 2.6.x release.
If this for any reason cannot be fixed in configure, rather use <dev-lang/python-2.7 

[Comment 4 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2010-12-30 15:50:35 UTC]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 313981 ***

[Comment 5 SpanKY 2010-12-31 18:20:53 UTC]

not a duplicate ... Bug 313981 is about python.eclass cruft

[Comment 6 SpanKY 2010-12-31 18:21:26 UTC]

meant to re-open ...

[Comment 7 SpanKY 2010-12-31 18:22:41 UTC]

Comment on attachment 258408 [details, diff]
Changes python dependency

i'd rather we fix the code than force old python versions

[Comment 8 SpanKY 2010-12-31 18:50:50 UTC]

Created attachment 258551 [details, diff]
upstream patch for python-2.7

anyone feel like verifying this works for them ?

[Comment 9 Tom Flair 2010-12-31 20:19:58 UTC]

(In reply to comment #8)
> Created an attachment (id=258551) [details]
> upstream patch for python-2.7
> 
> anyone feel like verifying this works for them ?
> 

The patch allows xbmc to compile and install cleanly without python-2.6 present.  I'll throw it on a real install next.

[Comment 10 Tom Flair 2011-01-01 01:30:38 UTC]

(In reply to comment #9)
> (In reply to comment #8)
> > Created an attachment (id=258551) [details] [details]
> > upstream patch for python-2.7
> > 
> > anyone feel like verifying this works for them ?
> > 
> 
> The patch allows xbmc to compile and install cleanly without python-2.6
> present.  I'll throw it on a real install next.
> 


Installed on two machines and appears to be functional without any obvious faults.  This is my 2nd+3rd time ever launching XBMC, but everything I've played with works on each install.

[Comment 11 SpanKY 2011-01-01 21:30:55 UTC]

thanks for testing ... ive added the patch to xbmx-10.0 now

[Comment 12 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2011-01-02 13:59:10 UTC]

*** Bug 350370 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Comment 13 Lukas Miczka 2011-01-03 16:44:17 UTC]

Can you add this patch to xbmc-9999 ebuild?

[Comment 14 SpanKY 2011-01-03 21:05:53 UTC]

no ... it'll get fixed upstream eventually