Re: [gentoo-alt] Installing python library to multiple Python slots - Possible??

[Fabian Groffen]

On 15-07-2008 18:25:41 +1200, Derek Harland wrote:
> I've googled quite a bit but haven't been able to find any information on
> how I might emerge a python library (such as numpy, egenix, basically
> anything in dev-python/*) for *both* python2.5 and python2.4.

My knowledge fails here.  You'd have to get a hold of Gentoo's Python
team and ask this to them, sorry.


> As one approach I've hacked the distutils.eclass to allow passing
> PYTHON_SLOT_VERSION="2.4"
>
>     $ diff -u ~/gentoo/usr/portage/eclass/distutils.eclass{.orig,}
>     --- ~/gentoo/usr/portage/eclass/distutils.eclass.orig
> 2008-06-29 02:41:55 +1200
>     +++ ~/gentoo/usr/portage/eclass/distutils.eclass     2008-07-15
> 16:48:10 +1200
>     @@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
>      elif [ "${PYTHON_SLOT_VERSION}" = "2.3" ] ; then
>             DEPEND="=dev-lang/python-2.3*"
>             python="python2.3"
>     +elif [ "${PYTHON_SLOT_VERSION}" = "2.4" ] ; then
>     +       DEPEND="=dev-lang/python-2.4*"
>     +       python="python2.4"
>      else
>             DEPEND="virtual/python"
>             python="python"
>
> but this doesn't really work as eg
>
> 	PYTHON_SLOT_VERSION}" = "2.4" emerge egenix-mx-base
>
> installs the module to the correct python-2.4/site-packages but removes
> it from python-2.5/site-packages on the way ...
>
> Anyone with any pointers on how Gentoo might support installing a python
> library (eg numpy, egenix etc) to multiple python slots??


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