Bug 82389

Summary:	Python disable cxx unconditionally
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Kaiting Chen <Phoenixfire159>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Python Gentoo Team <python>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Kaiting Chen 2005-02-17 12:00:50 UTC

Python ebuild configures with --with-cxx=no unconditionally. It should include a nocxx flag to do this instead.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Alastair Tse (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-03-15 08:11:12 UTC

if cxx support is enabled, it is likely that gcc major version upgrades will break python (and hence portage), so being on the safe side, i prefer not to allow users to set that unless proven otherwise.