Attention Maurice Kinal,

 BP>> python free here

 MK> See above.  I still have doubts.

See;
https://www.reddit.com/r/Gentoo/comments/96n8eo/mako_module_required_to_build_mesa/

which confirms your doubts including the need for the python module Mako.  Of 
note is the "PYTHON_COMPAT value in mesa ebuild" which appears to enable 
python3 compatibilty instead of the default python2 requirement.

End transmission.

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