pkg/38641: py-dbus fails to configure on IRIX: buildlink/Wrapper problem?

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>Number:         38641
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       py-dbus fails to configure on IRIX: buildlink/Wrapper problem?
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May 12 17:10:00 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Stuart Shelton
>Release:        pkgsrc latest from CVS
>Organization:
>Environment:
IRIX 6.5.30; MIPSpro Compilers: Version 7.4.4m
>Description:

When trying to build py-dbus, 'configure' fails with:

configure: creating libtool
checking whether /usr/bsd/bin/python2.4 version >= 2.4.0... yes
checking for /usr/bsd/bin/python2.4 version... 2.4
checking for /usr/bsd/bin/python2.4 platform... irix6
checking for /usr/bsd/bin/python2.4 script directory... 
${prefix}/lib/python2.4/site-packages
checking for /usr/bsd/bin/python2.4 extension module directory... 
${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.4/site-packages
checking for Python headers using /usr/bsd/bin/python2.4-config --includes... 
./configure: line 9825: /usr/bsd/bin/python2.4-config: No such file or directory
failed, will try another way
checking for Python headers in /usr/bsd and /usr/bsd... 
-I/usr/bsd/include/python2.4
checking whether those headers are sufficient... no
configure: error: could not find Python headers
*** Error code 1

Stop.
bmake: stopped in /usr/bsd/src/sysutils/py-dbus
*** Error code 1

Stop.
bmake: stopped in /usr/bsd/src/sysutils/py-dbus


... however, if 'configure' is run manually from the work directory:

configure: creating libtool
checking for a Python interpreter with version >= 2.4.0... python2.4
checking for python2.4... /usr/bsd/bin/python2.4
checking for python2.4 version... 2.4
checking for python2.4 platform... irix6
checking for python2.4 script directory... ${prefix}/lib/python2.4/site-packages
checking for python2.4 extension module directory... 
${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.4/site-packages
checking for Python headers using /usr/bsd/bin/python2.4-config --includes... 
./configure[9825]: /usr/bsd/bin/python2.4-config:  not found
failed, will try another way
checking for Python headers in /usr/bsd and /usr/bsd... 
-I/usr/bsd/include/python2.4
checking whether those headers are sufficient... yes

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

Is this a wrapper/buildlink problem? I could create a dummy python24-config 
file which outputs the correct path, but surely that's not the right solution?

(If nothing else, this would presumably break the sandbox-style mechanism that 
keeps all build files in 'work' and beneath...)