Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compilation aborted for setuptools-0.6.12

Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> [10-06-20 01:33]:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >On Saturday 19 June 2010 18:06:58 meino.cramer@×××.de wrote:
> >
> >>David W Noon<dwnoon@××××××××.com>  [10-06-19 18:00]:
> >>
> >>>On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:00:02 +0200, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote about
> >>>Re:
> >>>
> >>>[gentoo-user] Re: Compilation aborted for setuptools-0.6.12:
> >>>
> >>>>walt<w41ter@×××××.com>  [10-06-19 16:48]:
> >>>>
> >>>[snip]
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>Have you set eselect python to use python-3 instead of python-2?
> >>>>>If
> >>>>>so,
> >>>>>try setting it back to python-2.
> >>>>>
> >>>>No, python 2.6 ist set according to the output of
> >>>>
> >>>>    eselect python list
> >>>>
> >>>>python 3.1 is installed but not selected.
> >>>>
> >>>>What else can produce this compilation error?
> >>>>
> >>>Have you run python-updater?
> >>>
> >>>When new packages have Python components, they will build both 2.6
> >>>and
> >>>3.1 modules if possible.  This means that their dependencies also
> >>>need
> >>>to have both 2.6 and 3.1 modules.  You achieve this by running
> >>>python-updater; this can take several hours.
> >>>
> >>Hi Dave,
> >>
> >>wait...hopefully I understand this correctly, before I start to screw
> >>up my newly installed system...
> >>
> >>State 1 right after installing Gentoo: Pyton2.6 selected, installed
> >>and up.
> >>State 2 some days later while upateing python3.1 was offered but
> >>should *not* eselect python 3.1 since some older package are still
> >>not updated to work correctly with 3.1
> >>State 3 setuptools seems to try to compile against 3.1 and failed.
> >>
> >>Now I should run python-updater to ... (scratching my head)?
> >>To update to python 3.1..but setuptools failed while compiling
> >>against python 3.1
> >>
> >>It seems I myself feel a little screwed up,,, ;)
> >>
> >>?
> >>
> >>Best regards,
> >>mcc
> >>
> >Did you miss the significance of this part?
> >
> >"This means that their dependencies also need to have both 2.6 and 3.1
> >modules.  You achieve this by running python-updater; this can take
> >several
> >hours."
> >
> >
>
> Or if he doesn't really need python 3, he can just mask the thing until
> he does need it.  Of course, he may have to run python-updater again or
> rebuild the same packages again to get them to not use python 3.
>
> Yep, making this stable hasn't confused anyone yet.  o_O
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>

Ok, I run python-updater and It fails with (guess...drumroll):



 * Messages for package dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12:

 * ERROR: dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12 failed:
 *   Building failed with CPython 3.1 in distutils_building() function
 *
 * Call stack:
 *     ebuild.sh, line   54:  Called src_compile
 *   environment, line 4627:  Called distutils_src_compile
 *   environment, line 1257:  Called python_execute_function 'distutils_building'
 *   environment, line 3405:  Called die
 * The specific snippet of code:
 *                       die "${failure_message}";
 *
 * If you need support, post the output of 'emerge --info =dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12',
 * the complete build log and the output of 'emerge -pqv =dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12'.
 * The complete build log is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12/temp/build.log'.
 * The ebuild environment file is located at '/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12/temp/environment'.
 * S: '/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12/work/distribute-0.6.12'
 *
 * The following package has failed to build or install:
 *
 *  ('ebuild', '/', 'dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12', 'merge'), Log file:
 *   '/var/tmp/portage/dev-python/setuptools-0.6.12/temp/build.log'
 *


And yes: I need python 3.1 (building the svn version of blender needs
it, which gets installed under /uss/local/...)

Is this the infamous cat, which bits into its own tail... ?

Best regards,
mcc