On Saturday 23 April 2011 21:06:25 Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 08:46:30PM +0100, Mick wrote:

> > What do you get when you run:
> > 
> > # eselect python list
> 
> Available Python interpreters:
>   [1]   python2.6 *
>   [2]   python2.7
>   [3]   python3.1

OK, the next stage would be to change your python to the latest stable:

eselect python set 2

and then remerge those packages that were linked against the old python:

python-updater -v -p

to get a list of these.

When you finish all this you can run:

emerge --depclean -v -p

It should now ask you to remove the old python, but check carefully the 
remaining packages in case something important is in the list and breaks your 
system.

-- 
Regards,
Mick