Bug 558108

Summary:	sys-process/htop ebuild pulls in Python when it doesn't need it
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Aaron Jones <me>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Christian Ruppert (idl0r) <idl0r>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	matt.ruffalo
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Aaron Jones 2015-08-18 21:52:01 UTC

This is related to bug 541948

The ebuild for sys-process/htop-1.0.3 pulls in Python 2 when it doesn't need it, and it also builds successfully if you change the .ebuild to depend on Python 3.4.

It turns out that the only Python-related file in the distribution is the MakeHeader.py script (as mentioned in the aforementioned bug); however, the files that it generates are also included in the tarball, and so the script is never called.

It seems silly to force people to install Python 2 when htop doesn't need it. Furthermore, it should only be a build-time dependency if you're going to keep it.

Comment 1 Aaron Jones 2015-08-18 21:56:21 UTC

Ignore the last sentence; it already is build time.

Comment 2 Christian Ruppert (idl0r) gentoo-dev

2015-09-10 08:37:01 UTC

*** Bug 541948 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Christian Ruppert (idl0r) gentoo-dev

2015-09-10 08:39:39 UTC

Thanks! It's indeed unneeded. I removed the python foo from 1.0.3-r1.