From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLQ7H-00065O-MW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:13:55 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 673F8E04D7; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:13:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com (out3.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42C8BE04D9 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:13:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18DFC13CAC2 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:13:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:13:54 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: xL9gWGSM142vvO6e3/xw4u3nS/v50Tx2c3t31hUCDBiQ 1216764833 Received: from [10.6.104.131] (nat-vlan0201.sat4.rackspace.com [64.39.0.39]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B1AE9AAA5 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:13:53 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Unmerge python? From: Albert Hopkins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20080722230822.1f2e732d@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> References: <49bf44f10807170904x7b466439k2758668e02ca308a@mail.gmail.com> <487F717E.7080206@j-schmitz.net> <49bf44f10807170935o4c9b69der265f17d164e8487@mail.gmail.com> <487F7654.8080705@j-schmitz.net> <49bf44f10807221340w354516e6ubb0676e5e83f8a81@mail.gmail.com> <20080722230822.1f2e732d@zaphod.digimed.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:13:53 -0500 Message-Id: <1216764833.3981.2.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 5ccb4d03-b9cd-4e68-a167-b052d2af5b8a X-Archives-Hash: ec389c38899cb9065b1f9e16e556f603 On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 23:08 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > The safest course is run python-updater-0.2, unmerge python-2.3, > update > python-updater then run the new version. > > You shouldn't break too much by unmerging the old version before you > run > python-updater. A few things may not work, but portage will be fine. > As > with any important system package, quickpkg it before unmerging. > Except I don't think python-updator will know what the old version of python was so you might have to pass -o 2.3 or whatever. What *I* would do, and the reason why I think you're having so the trouble, is that you skipped 2.4. I would go from 2.3 to 2.4, run python-updater, then go from 2.4 to 2.5 and run python-updater again. -a