According to the ebuild, hgsubversion should compile with all Python 2.x versions. With Python 2.5, this is not the case: hgsubversion uses Python syntax that was not available prior to Python 2.6. In my opinion, hgsubversion-1.4 should simply excluded from Python 2.5. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. emerge -1 =dev-vcs/hgsubversion-1.4 Actual Results: [...] File "/tmp/portage/dev-vcs/hgsubversion-1.4/work/hgsubversion-1.4/hgsubversion/svncommands.py", line 15, in <module> import svnrepo File "/tmp/portage/dev-vcs/hgsubversion-1.4/work/hgsubversion-1.4/hgsubversion/svnrepo.py", line 149 return svnwrap.SubversionRepo(*self.svnauth, password_stores=self.password_stores) ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax Expected Results: clean installation USE_PYTHON="2.5 2.6 2.7 3.2" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_5 python2_6 python2_7 python3_2" ----- # emerge --info Portage 2.1.11.31 (default/linux/amd64/10.0, gcc-4.5.4, glibc-2.15-r3, 2.6.38-gentoo-r6 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.38-gentoo-r6-x86_64-Intel-R-_Xeon-R-_CPU_E31260L_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.1 Timestamp of tree: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:45:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.22 ccache version 3.1.8 [enabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p37 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.11-r3 dev-lang/python: 2.5.4-r4, 2.6.8, 2.7.3-r2, 3.1.5, 3.2.3 dev-util/ccache: 3.1.8 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.9 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.27.1 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.1-r1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.11.8::gocept sys-apps/sandbox: 2.5 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.68 sys-devel/automake: 1.11.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.22-r1 sys-devel/gcc: 4.4.7, 4.5.4 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.7.3 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4-r1 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r3 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.6 (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.15-r3 Repositories: gentoo gocept ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA dlj-1.1" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=nocona" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/bind" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/conf.d/apache2 /etc/eclean /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/init.d /etc/openldap/schema /etc/php/apache2-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/apache2-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cgi-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.3/ext-active/ /etc/php/cli-php5.4/ext-active/ /etc/portage/savedconfig /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/texmf/language.dat.d /etc/texmf/language.def.d /etc/texmf/updmap.d /etc/texmf/web2c" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=nocona" DISTDIR="/srv/ftp/pub/distfiles" EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--binpkg-respect-use y --with-bdeps y --jobs=4 --load-average=8 --buildpkg" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs buildpkg ccache config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch usersandbox xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="ftp://ftp.wh2.tu-dresden.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo ftp://de-mirror.org/gentoo http://download.gocept.com/gentoo/mirror" LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="de en" MAKEOPTS="-j9 -l8" PKGDIR="/srv/ftp/pub/packages/919d7e3dc887527d" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" USE="acl acpi amd64 apache2 apng bash-completion berkdb bzip2 caps cli cracklib crypt ctype curl cxx device-mapper dri fastcgi filter fortran gcj gd gdbm geoip gmp gnutls iconv icu ipv6 jpeg json kvm ldap log4j logrotate mercurial mhash minizip mmx mudflap multilib nagios-dns nagios-ping nagios-ssh ncurses netlink nls nptl openmp pam pcre png postgres pppd python readline sasl server session simplexml snmp sqlite sqlite3 sse sse2 ssl suexec symlink syslog tcpd threads tiff tools truetype unicode utils vhosts vim-syntax xattr xinetd xml zip zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" 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 cgi 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 proxy proxy_balancer proxy_connect proxy_ftp proxy_http dumpio" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="kexi words flow plan sheets stage tables krita karbon braindump" CAMERAS="ptp2" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ubx" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="presenter-console presenter-minimizer" LINGUAS="de en" PHP_TARGETS="php5-3" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_5 python2_6 python2_7 python3_2" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby18 ruby19" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint intel mach64 mga nouveau nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa via vmware dummy v4l" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" USE_PYTHON="2.5 2.6 2.7 3.2" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS
Python 2.5 is no longer supported.