On Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:42:03 -0500 Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> wrote:
> The 'python-dbus' package (called 'dbus-python' upsteam) uses the > 'gnu-build-system', and like most other python libraries, there will > be two variants: 'python-dbus' and 'python2-dbus'. Unfortunately, > 'package-with-python2' only works on packages that use > 'python-build-system'. This is a problem. > > It wouldn't be so bad to use 'inherit' to create 'python2-dbus' from > 'python-dbus', but the more serious problem is that unless we > generalize 'package-with-python2', it won't work properly on any > package that uses 'python-dbus' as an input. > > On the other hand, I realize that 'package-with-explicit-python' > intentionally avoids traversing into packages unless they use > 'python-build-system', and that this is important for efficiency. > > Any thoughts on how best to solve this? Would it be enough to stop recursion when the bag inputs no longer contain a python? `~Eric
