Re: [gtk-osx-users] [Gramps-devel] python version mismatch while attempting clean build.

[John Ralls <jralls ceridwen us>]

On Jul 30, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Ronan Waide <waider gmail com> wrote:

> On 07/30/2013 03:08 PM, John Ralls wrote:
> > On Jul 30, 2013, at 6:39 AM, John Ralls <jralls ceridwen us> wrote:
> >
> > > On Jul 30, 2013, at 1:02 AM, Ronan Waide <waider gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > running in my usual clean-build environment, the build is failing in
> > > > rsvg with the following:
> > > >
> > > >  GISCAN Rsvg-2.0.gir
> > > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > > >  File "/Users/waider/gtk/inst/bin/g-ir-scanner", line 44, in <module>
> > > >    from giscanner.scannermain import scanner_main
> > > >  File
> > > > "/Users/waider/gtk/inst/lib/gobject-introspection/giscanner/scannermain.py",
> > > > line 29, in <module>
> > > >    import tempfile
> > > >  File "/Users/waider/gtk/inst/lib/python2.7/tempfile.py", line 34, in
> > > > <module>
> > > >    from random import Random as _Random
> > > >  File "/Users/waider/gtk/inst/lib/python2.7/random.py", line 47, in
> > > > <module>
> > > >    from os import urandom as _urandom
> > > > ImportError: cannot import name urandom
> > > > make[2]: *** [Rsvg-2.0.gir] Error 1
> > > >
> > > > This is basically down to the fact that the system python is 2.7.2 and
> > > > the jhbuild python is 2.7.3. jhbuild used have an option to ignore the
> > > > system-provided tools, but that appears to have vanished with the recent
> > > > upgrade to jhbuild 3.x; however, I've managed a clean build since that
> > > > update, so something else has triggered this failure. I can investigate
> > > > hacking around this (seems like the problem is the g-ir-scanner
> > > > script/build rather than Rsvg) but wanted to bring it up here in case
> > > > there's already a known fix.
> > > Thanks for bringing it up, but this is the wrong list. Please use gtk-osx-users-list gnome org for build 
> > > issues not
> > > related directly to Gramps code
> > I think I bumped up against this yesterday; it was just as my wife called me to dinner, so I didn't have 
> > time to investigate. I suspect that a search path is getting whacked.
> >
> > The only option in jhbuild to ignore system-provided tools that I know about is the --ignore-system option 
> > to jhbuild bootstrap, which tells jhbuild to build a program even if it's already available on the path. 
> > Was there something else that I've missed?
> Hi John,
>
> that's the option I was referring to - it seems like it's no longer available in jhbuild since you upgraded 
> it:
>
> lumpy:gramps waider$ jhbuild bootstrap --ignore-system
> Usage: jhbuild bootstrap [ options ... ] [ modules ... ]
>
> jhbuild: error: no such option: --ignore-system

Hadn't noticed that. It turns out it's now the default: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=656818 has 
the gory details. 

Guess I should be monitoring the jhbuild bugs: It seems they do most of their development discussion there 
instead of on gtk-devel.

Regards,
John Ralls