From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1R6fTq-0007Lu-7O for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:22:06 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0ECA921C117; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:21:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E003D21C117 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:21:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute6.internal (compute6.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.46]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C8362A245 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:21:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.160]) by compute6.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:21:59 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-type:to:subject:references:date :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:from:message-id :in-reply-to; s=smtpout; bh=74sKdEKf5PEFc0td7ZqRYjulHeo=; b=V/Cl ToapdRW9vD0k3SBSbo0AR6IuI6HClLhJDgA6OXNOre0gCi/RKy2WBaGq3kbxlas2 5ZYK0MFyUI3QmyMe9y41QDwfgxjXehFzkSmmKmbwY14z4cG8UkvypJjE9wFJAbBp 4E0nAmM4EtYm6JEiHDyoOQR7fK9ac1bypDznFww= X-Sasl-enc: VQo5OcBCqlpHXBIBiP+1ZK0155I2mKkV6EmJZqEyQcUa 1316683318 Received: from verkdatorn.npdb-network (unknown [109.188.184.43]) by smtp.myopera.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BE684820606 for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:21:58 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: gentoo-python@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-python] Bug 375257: python and >=linux-3 don't play well References: Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:21:53 +0400 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Discussions centering around the Python ecosystem in Gentoo Linux X-BeenThere: gentoo-python@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-python@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Sjujskij Nikolaj" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.51 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: eeaece54d3fd7d66c6229cfd449ca264 Den 2011-09-22 13:10:13 skrev Dirkjan Ochtman : >> But when Linux 3.x goes stable, stable Python versions suddenly became >> "broken". > Well, only versions of Python built *after* you start using the new > kernel. Sure, but regular updates sometimes require rebuilding Python. For example, if dev-libs/libffi-3.0.10 goes stable *after* kernel 3.x, all Python interpreters installed will be "revdep-rebuilt" / "@preserved-rebuilt" and lo! Pythons < 2.7 report 'linux3'.