284051 – sys-apps/file depends on python even with USE=-python via distutils.eclass

Bug 284051 - sys-apps/file depends on python even with USE=-python via distutils.eclass

Summary: sys-apps/file depends on python even with USE=-python via distutils.eclass

Reported:	2009-09-07 23:02 UTC by Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED)
Modified:	2009-09-08 20:10 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-09-07 23:02:19 UTC

I guess the problem is distutils eclass; is this fixable? (Hopefully, also in stable series)

Thanks,
Diego

Comment 1 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-09-07 23:18:14 UTC

It rather isn't possible to have working system without Python, so why does it matter whether sys-apps/file depends on Python?

Comment 2 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-09-07 23:29:27 UTC

There's this nice thing called ROOT= .

Please do fix it.

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2009-09-08 02:04:40 UTC

pretty sure there is already a bug open about this.  at any rate, certainly not something to be fixed in file.

Comment 4 Michael Croes 2009-09-08 11:15:34 UTC

Duplicate of 230634...

Comment 5 Diego Elio Pettenò (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-09-08 11:21:37 UTC

Thanks Michael, I guess I was too tired last night!


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 230634 ***