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Subject: [gentoo-python] Re: [PATCH eselect-python 1/2] Store per-version interpreter
preference in a file as well.
From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
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On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Mike Gilbert <floppymaster@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny <mgorny@gentoo.org=
> wrote:
>> The idea is very simple: /etc/env.d/python/python[23] with a one-line
>> value similar to the main interpreter /config file.
>>
>> That should be simpler & more reliable than reading a symlink. And at
>> some point we can replace the symlink with an $EPYTHON-aware wrapper
>> as well.
>
> I don't understand the point of this. Do we have some need to enable
> EPYTHON usages for scripts that have a python2 or python3 shebang?
>
> I also don't understand how a text file is more reliable than a
> symlink; they are basically the same thing, but the symlink has a
> different file mode.
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