Bug 626886

Summary:	>=dev-python/txaio-2.6.2 installs stray files/will cause collisions
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Daniel M. Weeks <dan>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Brian Dolbec (RETIRED) <dolsen>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	jstein, python
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Description Daniel M. Weeks 2017-08-02 15:54:55 UTC

txaio installs /usr/LICENSE as a result of (incorrectly) including it in data_files within setup.py. I've just pushed a real fix upstream:

https://github.com/crossbario/txaio/pull/114

This is actually a wider problem for python packages - abusing data_files to install directly into the prefix root. I've found it more than once - crossbar, txio - both still affected). It would be good for portage, or at lease the python eclasses, to check for stray files that are likely to cause collisions. I have a hook in my portage bashrc that I use to alert me to such problems: https://danweeks.net/p-blog?id=8

The only reason this does not currently cause a collision with dev-python/crossbar is a sed hack in the crossbar ebuild.

See also bug # 626884.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Virgil Dupras (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-10-15 23:39:22 UTC

This indeed happens in current stable 2.7.1, but was fixed in 2.9.0