On 12/12/20 11:35 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 12 Dec 2020 23:08:15 +0100, n952162 wrote: > >> I did a --depclean but that didn't help. I'm not seeing where an error >> is indicated. >> >> This was done with this still installed: >> >>  */* PYTHON_TARGETS: python3_7 >> >> I commented that out and tried again, and after a few USE flag >> iterations, I ended up with what seems like the same situation. Log on >> request. > There's a lot to trawl through here, it looks like you haven't updated > for quite some time. The (compressed) log of  a system and world update from 20. October (2020!) is attached. > I'd suggest you try to cut down on the noise by > updating only @system instead of @world. Attached. > > A quick glance at some of the output suggests that you still have > PYTHON_TARGETS="python3_6" set somewhere. Can there only be one version of python on the system? > What do > > grep -r python3_6 /etc/portage That showed that the only references are in package.use > emerge --info | grep -i python > > tell you? > $ emerge --info | grep -i python Portage 3.0.8 (python 3.7.9-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.1, gcc-9.3.0, glibc-2.31-r6, 4.19.72-gentoo x86_64) dev-lang/python:          2.7.18-r4::gentoo, 3.6.12::gentoo, 3.7.9::gentoo, 3.8.5::gentoo (and environment variables). Thank you guys, for your help!