Bug 644050

Summary:	app-emulation/qemu: ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} should only apply for USE=python
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	pmn <darwinskernel>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo QEMU Project <qemu+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED CANTFIX
Severity:	normal	CC:	floppym
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description pmn 2018-01-09 19:16:23 UTC

trying to get rid of python2 on pi which takes up lots of storage, relatively speaking:

https://gist.github.com/e0082cfacacb2a29329782be53604255
https://gist.github.com/adac7eb7ced1bb36610c6c8cce9e29a9

Comment 1 Mike Gilbert gentoo-dev

2018-01-09 19:34:15 UTC

I suspect qemu uses python unconditionally as part of the build process. python-r1.eclass would probably throw an error if the ebuild tried to call python_setup with no python_targets enabled.

This is probably a CANTFIX.

Comment 2 Matthias Maier gentoo-dev

2018-02-11 18:29:39 UTC

Python is used in the build system :-/