Due to bug #259945 I did install myself a patched ebuild and the byte-compiling step raised some weird messages. >>> Emerging (1 of 1) dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18 from unknown repo * pychecker-0.8.18.tar.gz RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ... [ ok ] >>> Unpacking source... >>> Unpacking pychecker-0.8.18.tar.gz to /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/work * Applying pychecker-0.8.17-no-data-files.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying pychecker-0.8.18-pychecker2.patch ... [ ok ] * Applying pychecker-0.8.18-fix-package_path.patch ... [ ok ] >>> Source unpacked in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/work >>> Compiling source in /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/work/pychecker-0.8.18 ... running build running build_py creating build [cut] >>> Source compiled. >>> Test phase [not enabled]: dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18 >>> Install pychecker-0.8.18 into /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/image/ category dev-python running install running build running build_py running build_scripts creating empty script build/scripts-2.6/pychecker running install_lib creating /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/image/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pychecker2 [cut] copying build/lib/pychecker/Config.py -> /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/image/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pychecker copying build/lib/pychecker/msgs.py -> /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/image/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pychecker writing byte-compilation script '/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/temp/tmpxycnBv.py' /usr/bin/python -O /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/temp/tmpxycnBv.py removing /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/temp/tmpxycnBv.py running install_scripts filling in script build/scripts-2.6/pychecker creating /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/image/usr/bin copying build/scripts-2.6/pychecker -> /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/image/usr/bin changing mode of /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/image/usr/bin/pychecker to 755 running install_egg_info Writing /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/image/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/PyChecker-0.8.18-py2.6.egg-info >>> Completed installing pychecker-0.8.18 into /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18/image/ >>> Installing dev-python/pychecker-0.8.18 * Cleaning orphaned Python bytecode from /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ .. * Byte compiling python modules for python-2.6 .. ... //usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py:177: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses? assert( (data == None and (ttFont == None), "Need both data and ttFont arguments")) //usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py:265: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses? assert( (data == None and (ttFont == None), "Need both data and ttFont arguments")) //usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py:635: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses? assert( (data == None and (ttFont == None), "Need both data and ttFont arguments")) //usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py:839: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses? assert( (data == None and (ttFont == None), "Need both data and ttFont arguments")) //usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py:927: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses? assert( (data == None and (ttFont == None), "Need both data and ttFont arguments")) //usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py:1089: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses? assert( (data == None and (ttFont == None), "Need both data and ttFont arguments")) //usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py:1280: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses? assert( (data == None and (ttFont == None), "Need both data and ttFont arguments")) Compiling //usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/ttProgram.py ... SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('//usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/ttProgram.py', 397, 3, '\tas = p.getAssembly()\n')) Compiling //usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/ttProgram.py ... 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# equery belongs /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py [ Searching for file(s) /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py in *... ] dev-python/fonttools-2.2 (/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/FontTools/fontTools/ttLib/tables/_c_m_a_p.py) #
This looks invalid, 'as' is now a keyword, so those lines are syntax errors.
(In reply to comment #2) > This looks invalid, > 'as' is now a keyword, so those lines are syntax errors. There are also some SyntaxWarnings above SyntaxErrors. Compare: $ python -c 'assert (1 == 2, "some string")' <string>:1: SyntaxWarning: assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses? $ python -c 'assert 1 == 2, "some string"' Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 1, in <module> AssertionError: some string $ The former asserts that the '(1 == 2, "some string")' tuple is non-empty. http://docs.python.org/reference/simple_stmts.html#the-assert-statement
This seems to be a Python 2.6 incompatability.
(In reply to comment #4) > This seems to be a Python 2.6 incompatability. No. Syntax of assert statements was identical in older versions, but older versions weren't detecting incorrect usage of assert statements.
I hadn't noticed 2 SyntaxErrors due to useless summary...
Fixed.
Fixed the two SyntaxWarnings upstream (the SyntaxErrors were long since fixed). It would have been nice if the SyntaxWarnings part of the patch had been forwarded upstream.
Paul, thanks for pushing all reported here bugs upstream. BTW, do you want to be CC'ed to fonttools bugs reported in our bugzilla? If yes, I'll add your e-mail to metadata.xml and you'll be automatically CC'ed.
Nah, just send anything upstream relevant to the upstream sourceforge bug tracker please.
