Bug 425568 – sys-libs/tdb-1.2.9 should not depend on dev-lang/python:2* with USE="-python"

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED CANTFIX

[Description Alex Miller 2012-07-10 05:10:39 UTC]

During a world update python-2.7.3-r2 was pulled in as a dependency of sys-libs/tdb-1.2.9.  I have USE="-python" set as this is a minimal server system and only have python3 installed.  If python is truly an optional dependency of tdb then can we remove the hard dependency, otherwise can we remove the "python" USE-flag as it is confusing.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run USE="-python" emerge -pvtu sys-libs/tdb on a system without python2

Actual Results:  
server alex # USE="-python" emerge -pvut sys-libs/tdb

These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild     U  ] sys-libs/tdb-1.2.9 [1.2.7-r1] USE="-python (-static-libs%) (-tdbtest%) (-tools%)" 360 kB
[ebuild  NS    ]  dev-lang/python-2.7.3-r2 [3.2.3] USE="gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads (wide-unicode) xml -berkdb -build -doc -examples -sqlite -tk -wininst" 11,531 kB
[ebuild  N     ]  app-text/docbook-xml-dtd-4.2-r2  77 kB
[ebuild  N     ]   app-text/sgml-common-0.6.3-r5  75 kB
[ebuild  N     ]   app-arch/unzip-6.0-r1  USE="bzip2 unicode" 1,345 kB

Total: 5 packages (1 upgrade, 3 new, 1 in new slot), Size of downloads: 13,387 kB

Expected Results:  
Should not require the installation of python2 with USE="-python" set.

server alex # emerge --info
Portage 2.1.10.65 (default/linux/x86/10.0, gcc-4.5.3, glibc-2.14.1-r3, 3.2.12-gentoo i686)
=================================================================
System uname: Linux-3.2.12-gentoo-i686-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_CPU_6400_@_2.13GHz-with-gentoo-2.1
Timestamp of tree: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 03:45:01 +0000
app-shells/bash:          4.2_p20
dev-lang/python:          3.2.3
dev-util/pkgconfig:       0.26
sys-apps/baselayout:      2.1-r1
sys-apps/openrc:          0.9.8.4
sys-apps/sandbox:         2.5
sys-devel/autoconf:       2.68
sys-devel/automake:       1.11.1
sys-devel/binutils:       2.21.1-r1
sys-devel/gcc:            4.5.3-r2
sys-devel/gcc-config:     1.6
sys-devel/libtool:        2.4-r1
sys-devel/make:           3.82-r1
sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.1 (virtual/os-headers)
sys-libs/glibc:           2.14.1-r3
Repositories: gentoo
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo"
CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles news parallel-fetch parse-eapi-ebuild-head protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch"
FFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -pipe"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://mirrors.xmu.edu.cn/gentoo"
LANG="en_GB.UTF-8"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed"
LINGUAS="en"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
PORTDIR_OVERLAY=""
SYNC="rsync://rsync.cn.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="acl berkdb bzip2 cjk cli cracklib crypt cxx dri fortran gdbm gpm iconv ipv6 modules mudflap ncurses nls nptl openmp pam pcre pppd readline session sse2 ssl tcpd unicode x86 xorg zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="en" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_2 python2_7" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga neomagic nouveau nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account"
Unset:  CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, USE_PYTHON

[Comment 1 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis 2012-07-10 19:22:21 UTC]

Build system of sys-libs/tdb-1.2.9 requires Python 2.
Python 2 can be uninstalled after installation of sys-libs/tdb-1.2.9.
Dependencies are correct.

[Comment 2 Alex Miller 2012-07-11 05:00:01 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Build system of sys-libs/tdb-1.2.9 requires Python 2.
> Python 2 can be uninstalled after installation of sys-libs/tdb-1.2.9.
> Dependencies are correct.

OK, that makes sense.  However Python 2 will still be pulled back in each time I update @world.

I wonder why upstream suddenly started using Python in their build system?  AFAIK, the previous version did not.

I guess this can be closed then.