Add Gary Miller's Gentoo warning.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 71e135e7..95e262c8 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # * Check for Python development libraries
 # * Python module build
 # * Qt binding
-# * PYTHONPATH adjustment for Gentoo
 # * Utility and test productions
 # * Installation and uninstallation
 # * Out-of-directory builds: see http://www.scons.org/wiki/UsingBuildDir
@@ -316,6 +315,11 @@ env['BUILDERS']["Man"] = Builder(action=manbuilder)
 env['BUILDERS']["HTML"] = Builder(action=htmlbuilder,
                                   src_suffix=".xml", suffix=".html")
 
+# Gentoo systems can have a problem with the Python path
+if os.path.exists("/etc/gentoo-release"):
+    print "This is a Gentoo system."
+    print "Adjust your PYTHONPATH to see library directories under /usr/local/lib" 
+
 env = config.Finish()
 
 ## Two shared libraries provide most of the code for the C programs