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On 09/08/2017 08:35, John Covici wrote: |
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> On Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:06:08 -0400, |
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> Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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>> On 2017-07-29 11:23, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>>> On 29/07/2017 10:51, John Covici wrote: |
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>>>> Hi. In my latest world update, portage wants to include this new |
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>>>> package dev-python/whoosh. The package fails to compile and googling |
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>>>> and searching bgo yields nothing. |
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>>>> Any assistance would be appreciated. |
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>>> |
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>>> [snip] |
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>>>> pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'sphinxcontrib-websupport' distribution was not found and is required by Sphinx |
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>>> [snip] |
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>>> |
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>>>> * The specific snippet of code: |
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>>>> * sphinx-build -b html -c docs/source/ docs/source/ docs/source/build/html || die; |
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>>> |
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>>> File a bug at bgo |
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>> What was the conclusion of this? After syncing my portage wants to |
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>> build this too (the same exact version), and I'm afraid to let it |
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>> proceed lest I land in a mess. |
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>> I couldn't find any relevant filed bug, either. |
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> |
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> I have not had a chance to file a bug, but I got it working by doing |
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> the following: |
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> whoosh was looking for |
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> raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers) |
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> pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'sphinxcontrib-websupport' |
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> distribution was not found and is required by Sphinx |
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> So, I emerged that, but I had to use --nodeps because it wanted |
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> whoosh first, and after doing that I was able to emerge whoosh. Very |
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> nuts. |
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Not nuts at all, looks like a simple circular dependency: |
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whoosh needs sphinxcontrib-websupport (via sphinx) to build, but |
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sphinxcontrib-websupport is declared to depend on whoosh. Circular. |
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This ebuild bug probably crept in as everyone so far who installed |
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sphinx already had a functioning whoosh. All those packages are in |
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stable, so this will hit everyone who now needs whoosh added for the |
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first time. |
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The package maintainer needs to have the info you can give him, so a bug |
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at b.g.o. is indeed called for. |
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These circular dep bugs are tricky to find because installing everything |
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from scratch again and in different order usually doesn't get tested. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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