Re: [gentoo-user] Re: EAPI 4-python

[Fox <halfsocialfox@gmail.com>]

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On 02/24/2014 04:32 PM, eroen wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:30:29 +0100, Fox <halfsocialfox@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I am trying to install an ebuild that used EAPI=4-python getting the
>> error:
>>
>> API of python.eclass in EAPI="4-python" not established
>>
>> I googled the problem but there is not much to read (or at least I
>> could not find much) and what is there is old. So I wonder what is
>> the problem with this and if there is a way to use it as there are
>> many ebiulds (maybe only in overlays, I am not sure) that use it.
>>
>> Quim
>>
>>
> Afaik the *-python eapis are almost exclusively used by Arfrever's
> Progress overlay (and, by extension, funtoo). The error message you
> show seems to be from python.eclass in the main gentoo tree, which does
> not take un-official eapis into account. The code in question for
> reference (lines 30-32):
>
>      if ! has "${EAPI:-0}" 0 1 2 3 4 5; then
>          die "API of python.eclass in EAPI=\"${EAPI}\" not established"
>      fi
>
> You might be able to use the ebuild stand-alone by also copying the
> relevant eclasses from whereever you got the ebuild into your local
> overlay (where I presume you put the ebuild?). However, from previous
> experience with the Progress overlay, you might want to use the entire
> overlay though layman in stead. Due to unfortunately incompatible
> python-implementation dependencies with gentoo proper it's rather an
> all-or-nothing deal.
>
The ebuild is from the ezod overlay. I am trying to use the ROS related 
packages like wstool, rosdep. etc. They all seem to use this EAPI. I 
thought that using this overlay would be easier than using pip but 
apparently it's not is it?





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