Trying to upgrade to Python 2.6 using python-updater, wxpython is so far the only package left that won't emerge using the new python. Python 2.5.2-r8 is also installed, but 2.6 has been selected using eselect-python-20080830 Reproducible: always Steps to reproduce: 1. emerge python-2.6 2. emerge wxpython-2.8.8.1 Expected results: wxpython should compile Actual results: see below "(...) copying wxPython/lib/mixins/rubberband.py -> build-gtk2.unicode/lib.linux-i686-2.6/wxPython/lib/mixins copying wxPython/lib/mixins/__init__.py -> build-gtk2.unicode/lib.linux-i686-2.6/wxPython/lib/mixins creating build-gtk2.unicode/lib.linux-i686-2.6/wxPython/tools copying wxPython/tools/img2img.py -> build-gtk2.unicode/lib.linux-i686-2.6/wxPython/tools copying wxPython/tools/helpviewer.py -> build-gtk2.unicode/lib.linux-i686-2.6/wxPython/tools copying wxPython/tools/img2png.py -> build-gtk2.unicode/lib.linux-i686-2.6/wxPython/tools copying wxPython/tools/img2xpm.py -> build-gtk2.unicode/lib.linux-i686-2.6/wxPython/tools copying wxPython/tools/dbg.py -> build-gtk2.unicode/lib.linux-i686-2.6/wxPython/tools copying wxPython/tools/img2py.py -> build-gtk2.unicode/lib.linux-i686-2.6/wxPython/tools copying wxPython/tools/__init__.py -> build-gtk2.unicode/lib.linux-i686-2.6/wxPython/tools package init file 'wx/tools/XRCed/plugins/__init__.py' not found (or not a regular file) running build_ext building '_core_' extension creating build-gtk2.unicode/temp.linux-i686-2.6 creating build-gtk2.unicode/temp.linux-i686-2.6/src creating build-gtk2.unicode/temp.linux-i686-2.6/src/gtk Traceback (most recent call last): File "setup.py", line 1024, in <module> **other_kw File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/core.py", line 152, in setup dist.run_commands() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 975, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/command/build.py", line 134, in run self.run_command(cmd_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/cmd.py", line 333, in run_command self.distribution.run_command(command) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/dist.py", line 995, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 343, in run self.build_extensions() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 469, in build_extensions self.build_extension(ext) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 534, in build_extension depends=ext.depends) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/distutils/ccompiler.py", line 700, in compile lang=lang) TypeError: _compile() got an unexpected keyword argument 'lang' * * ERROR: dev-python/wxpython-2.8.8.1 failed. * Call stack: * ebuild.sh, line 49: Called src_compile * environment, line 2742: Called die * The specific snippet of code: * python setup.py ${mypyconf} build || die "setup.py build failed" * The die message: * setup.py build failed * * If you need support, post the topmost build error, and the call stack if relevant. * A complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/wxpython-2.8.8.1/temp/build.log'. * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/wxpython-2.8.8.1/temp/environment'. * >>> Failed to emerge dev-python/wxpython-2.8.8.1, Log file: >>> '/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/wxpython-2.8.8.1/temp/build.log' * GNU info directory index is up-to-date." emerge --info: Portage 2.2_rc11 (default-linux/x86/2007.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.1, glibc-2.7-r2, 2.6.26-gentoo-r1 i686) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.26-gentoo-r1-i686-AMD_Athlon-tm-_XP_3000+-with-gentoo-2.0.0 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:15:01 +0000 app-shells/bash: 3.2_p39 dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7, 2.1.6-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.5.2-r8, 2.6-r1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.0 sys-apps/openrc: 0.2.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r3 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.4 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.26 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/3.5/env /usr/kde/3.5/share/config /usr/kde/3.5/shutdown /usr/share/config /var/lib/hsqldb" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=native -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--with-bdeps=y" FEATURES="distlocks fixpackages parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/gentoo-mirror ftp://ftp.uni-erlangen .de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/gentoo ftp://ftp.gentoo.mesh-solutions.com/gentoo ftp://pandemonium.tiscali.de/pub/gentoo ftp://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/ftp.gentoo.org/gentoo-distfiles ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de/pub/linux/gentoo ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/gentoo" LANG="de_DE.UTF-8" LC_ALL="de_DE.UTF-8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="de" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.de.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X aac acl acpi alsa berkdb bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdparanoia cdr cli cracklib crypt cups dbus dmi dri dvd dvdr dvdread emboss encode esd evo fam ffmpeg firefox flac fortran gdbm gif gnome gnutls gpm gstreamer gtk hal iconv ipv6 isdnlog java jpeg kerberos mad midi mikmod mmap mmx mmxext moznopango mp3 mpeg mudflap ncurses nforce2 nfs nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia odbc offensive ogg opengl openmp oss pam pcre pdf perl pidgin png pppd python qt3support qt4 quicktime readline real reflection reiserfs rtc samba sdl session spell spl sse ssl startup-notification svg tcpd thunderbird tiff truetype unicode usb v4l v4l2 vorbis win32codecs x86 xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid xvmc zlib" ALSA_CARDS="intel8x0 intel8x0m mpu401 usb-audio virmidi" 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 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" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="joystick keyboard mouse wacom" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="de" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia nv vesa v4l vga" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
see bug #219238. python guys, does 2.6 distutils need to be patched?
(In reply to comment #1) FTR, the workaround given in Bug #240149 was unsuccessful, even though the stated problem with the leading extra slash was manifest also after installing python-2.6. I had a number of other packages fail to compile but all of those were able to manually install after the above mentioned workaround or by bumping the offending package to a newer testing version... wxpython is the last culprit not installing for me, here.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 219238 ***