Created attachment 285507 [details] Set GRASS_PYTHON to python2 If the default interpreter is Python3 grass-6.4.1 emerges fine but the GUI installed with USE="wxwidgets" does not start: $ grass64 -wxpython WELCOME TO GRASS Version 6.4.1 2011 1) Have at your side all available GRASS tutorials 2) When working on your location, the following materials are extremely useful: - A topo map of your area - Current catalog of available computer maps 3) Check the GRASS webpages for feedback mailinglists and more: http://www.grass-gis.org http://grass.osgeo.org Hit RETURN to continue Starting GRASS ... File "/usr/lib64/grass64/etc/wxpython/gis_set.py", line 466 except StandardError, e: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Error in GUI startup. If necessary, please report this error to the GRASS developers. Switching to text mode now. Hit RETURN to continue... Adding the attached patch to PATCHES in the ebuild fixes this for me.
I note the same issue: WELCOME TO GRASS Version 6.4.1 2011 1) Have at your side all available GRASS tutorials 2) When working on your location, the following materials are extremely useful: - A topo map of your area - Current catalog of available computer maps 3) Check the GRASS webpages for feedback mailinglists and more: http://www.grass-gis.org http://grass.osgeo.org Hit RETURN to continue Starting GRASS ... File "/usr/lib64/grass64/etc/wxpython/gis_set.py", line 466 except StandardError, e: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Error in GUI startup. If necessary, please report this error to the GRASS developers. Switching to text mode now. Hit RETURN to continue... Please let me know if I can contribute any additional documentation to help move this issue forward...
Closing as OBSOLETE - sci-geosciences/grass-7.0.1 has been added to the tree as per bug 514514 and subsequently revbumped. Note that sci-geosciences/grass:6 has been masked and will be removed from the tree in the coming weeks.
