--- a/setup.py	2026-03-25 17:32:01.008060243 +0100
+++ b/setup.py	2026-03-27 15:46:42.262459329 +0100
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@
     temp_destination_path = destination_path + ".tmp"
     print(f"Fetching {url}")
     # Don't replace this with urllib - Python won't have certificates to do SSL on all platforms.
-    subprocess.check_call(["curl", url, "-o", temp_destination_path])
+    # Gentoo packaging: Do not call curl or any other tool to fetch a file during the compile phase
+    # subprocess.check_call(["curl", url, "-o", temp_destination_path])
     os.rename(temp_destination_path, destination_path)