This workaround for Gentoo interferes with our use of --no-compile during
the 'install stage.

--- a/setup.py	2022-01-04 10:10:05.039825000 +0100
+++ b/setup.py	2022-01-06 15:10:31.952656039 +0100
@@ -589,8 +589,6 @@
         })
 
 def add_cython_ext(*args, **kwargs):
-    if "--no-compile" in sys.argv and not ("build" in sys.argv and "install" in sys.argv):
-        return
     assert cython_ENABLED, "cython compilation is disabled"
     if cython_tracing_ENABLED:
         kwargs["define_macros"] = [
@@ -1703,14 +1701,6 @@
             if uinput_ENABLED:
                 add_data_files("lib/udev/rules.d/", ["fs/lib/udev/rules.d/71-xpra-virtual-pointer.rules"])
 
-    #gentoo does weird things, calls --no-compile with build *and* install
-    #then expects to find the cython modules!? ie:
-    #> python2.7 setup.py build -b build-2.7 install --no-compile \
-    # --root=/var/tmp/portage/x11-wm/xpra-0.7.0/temp/images/2.7
-    #otherwise we use the flags to skip pkgconfig
-    if ("--no-compile" in sys.argv or "--skip-build" in sys.argv) and not ("build" in sys.argv and "install" in sys.argv):
-        pkgconfig = no_pkgconfig
-
     if OSX and "py2app" in sys.argv:
         import py2app    #@UnresolvedImport
         assert py2app is not None
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<tr><td><span title='2019-05-13 23:46:08 +0200'>2019-05-13</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/installer/aux-files?id=76269f6bc4200ef79aa80a8a6160ae269c2a36c9'>installer: Use 'glibc-supported-locales'.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>The list of locales supported by glibc is now built from source.

* gnu/installer/locale.scm (locale-string-&gt;locale): Add optional
'codeset' parameter and honor it.
(supported-locales-&gt;locales): Rewrite to 'read' from SUPPORTED-LOCALES.
* gnu/installer.scm (compute-locale-step): Pass the result of
'glibc-supported-locales' instead of the "aux-files/SUPPORTED" file.
* gnu/installer/aux-files/SUPPORTED: Remove.
* gnu/local.mk (dist_installer_DATA): Remove it.
</span></span></td><td>Ludovic Courtès</td></tr>
<tr><td><span title='2019-01-17 14:04:20 +0100'>2019-01-17</span></td><td><a href='/guix/commit/gnu/installer/aux-files?id=d0f3a672dcbdfefd3556b6a21985ff0e35eed3be'>gnu: Add graphical installer support.</a><span class='msg-avail'>...<span class='msg-tooltip'>* configure.ac: Require that guile-newt is available.
* gnu/installer.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/aux-files/logo.txt: New file.
* gnu/installer/build-installer.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/connman.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/keymap.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/locale.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt/ethernet.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt/hostname.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt/keymap.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt/locale.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt/menu.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt/network.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt/page.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt/timezone.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt/user.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt/utils.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt/welcome.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/newt/wifi.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/steps.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/timezone.scm: New file.
* gnu/installer/utils.scm: New file.
* gnu/local.mk (GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES): Add previous files.
* gnu/system.scm: Export %root-account.
* gnu/system/install.scm (%installation-services): Use kmscon instead of linux
VT for all tty.
(installation-os)[users]: Add the graphical installer as shell of the root
account.
[packages]: Add font related packages.
* po/guix/POTFILES.in: Add installer files.
</span></span></td><td>Mathieu Othacehe</td></tr>