On Wed, 09 Aug 2017 00:06:08 -0400, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > > On 2017-07-29 11:23, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > On 29/07/2017 10:51, John Covici wrote: > > > Hi. In my latest world update, portage wants to include this new > > > package dev-python/whoosh. The package fails to compile and googling > > > and searching bgo yields nothing. > > > > > > Any assistance would be appreciated. > > > > [snip] > > > > > pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'sphinxcontrib-websupport' > > > distribution was not found and is required by Sphinx > > > > [snip] > > > > > * The specific snippet of code: > > > * sphinx-build -b html -c docs/source/ docs/source/ > > > docs/source/build/html || die; > > > > File a bug at bgo > > What was the conclusion of this? After syncing my portage wants to > build this too (the same exact version), and I'm afraid to let it > proceed lest I land in a mess. > > I couldn't find any relevant filed bug, either.
I have not had a chance to file a bug, but I got it working by doing the following: whoosh was looking for raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers) pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'sphinxcontrib-websupport' distribution was not found and is required by Sphinx So, I emerged that, but I had to use --nodeps because it wanted whoosh first, and after doing that I was able to emerge whoosh. Very nuts. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com