[MacPorts] #21372: qscintilla port fails to handle python25 dependency (snow leopard)

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#21372: qscintilla port fails to handle python25 dependency (snow leopard)
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 Reporter:  thomas.mccullough@…          |       Owner:  adfernandes@…           
     Type:  defect                       |      Status:  new                     
 Priority:  Normal                       |   Milestone:                          
Component:  ports                        |     Version:                          
 Keywords:                               |        Port:  qscintilla              
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Comment(by adfernandes@…):

 Okay - I've almost got it, except for what is either (a) a MacPorts bug or
 (b) me doing something stupid. Help would be appreciated. :-)

 The good news: the `qscintilla` port now builds and installs cleanly,
 further installing the `QtDesigner` component. '''However''', I've moved
 the python component out to a separate port. Why? I'm creating a port for
 the `eric4` python editor. This editor requires the python qscintilla
 bindings. If I build python bindings as a variant of qscintilla, there is
 no way for `eric4` to ensure that it has the bindings, since dependencies
 don't enforce variants.

 The weird part is in the new, attached `py26-qscintilla` port that I've
 attached. For some reason, it absolutely and completely insists that it
 depends on `python25`... but '''only''' when configuring or building. I
 can't figure it out... `port -dv extract` and `port -dv patch` both work
 just fine. But if I use `port -dv configure` it '''then''' somehow decides
 that `python25` is a required dependency. Building, destrooting, and
 installing with `port -dvn configure/build/destroot/install` work just
 fine.

 Is the port written in a weird way that I'm screwing up?

 Also - testing would be appreciated before I commit. Thanks, all!

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/21372#comment:7>
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