367245 – dev-libs/boost-1.46.1 fails to build with Python 3.2

Bug 367245 - dev-libs/boost-1.46.1 fails to build with Python 3.2

Summary: dev-libs/boost-1.46.1 fails to build with Python 3.2

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Library (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Tiziano Müller (RETIRED)

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Keywords:	PATCH

Depends on:
Blocks:	python-3.2
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Reported:	2011-05-14 14:05 UTC by James Harvey
Modified:	2011-05-15 11:03 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Ebuild modified to apply patch (boost-1.46.1-r1.ebuild,15.76 KB, text/plain) 2011-05-14 14:05 UTC, James Harvey	Details
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Description James Harvey 2011-05-14 14:05:13 UTC

Created attachment 273199 [details]
Ebuild modified to apply patch

Boost fails to compile when the system-wide python implementation is set to version 3.2

To reproduce:
1. Install python3.2
2. eselect python set python3.2
3. emerge boost

Build log shows two instances of this error:

libs/python/src/converter/builtin_converters.cpp:436:32: error: cannot convert 'PyUnicodeObject*' to 'PyObject*' for argument '1' to 'Py_ssize_t PyUnicodeUCS4_AsWideChar(PyObject*, wchar_t*, Py_ssize_t)'

Upstream boost developers have issued a patch for python3.2 at the link below.  Modifying the 1.46.1 ebuild to apply the patch resulted in a successful build.

http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/Python-3-2-convert-convert-PyObject-to-PyUnicodeObject-td3429936.html

Comment 1 James Harvey 2011-05-14 14:14:30 UTC

Direct link to patch: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/raw-attachment/ticket/4994/4994-compile-fix-for-Python32-v2.patch

Comment 2 Markos Chandras (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-05-15 11:03:29 UTC

Fixed