Re: [gentoo-user] ARGH I uninstalled python

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On Saturday 23 May 2009 22:02:26 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sat, 23 May 2009 06:59:10 -0500, Dale wrote:
> > Hmmm, I think someone needs to rethink the system set then.  After all,
> > portage does not work well without python.  It should keep a binary copy
> > but it should also warn you if you are typing without your thinking cap
> > on.
>
> Portage is not in system, only the virtual. That can be	satisfied
> by Paludis, which does not need Python.

Lucky for you, I know your sense of humour by now :-)

Doesn't help portage users though, and portage is still the default package 
manager on Gentoo. I don't see that changing any time soon, if ever.

Besides, unless you do it manually, you need portage to install paludis, 
right? Without python, you don't get paludis.

Either way, it's a bug. portage supports inheriting multiple parent profiles. 
One approach would be to add a new collection of profiles in addition to the 
existing base/, default/ and targets/ - called say pkgmgr.

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