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 1S3RqC-0008Ng-Gi for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:44:08 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 25611E09D8; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:43:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx.virtyou.com (mx.virtyou.com [178.33.32.244]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69F11E0999 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:42:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from weird.wonkology.org (xdsl-84-44-152-184.netcologne.de [84.44.152.184]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx.virtyou.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 47655DC041 for ; Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:42:20 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:42:18 +0100 From: Alex Schuster To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Python update question Message-ID: <20120302134218.7703c28b@weird.wonkology.org> In-Reply-To: <4F50B0B9.8010806@gmail.com> References: <4F50B0B9.8010806@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 46aef311-550e-4047-a303-71eb611a84d7 X-Archives-Hash: 8451c1d95f083d9543ea1e388907ea39 Dale writes: > root@fireball / # eselect python list > Available Python interpreters: > [1] python2.7 * > [2] python3.1 > [3] python3.2 > root@fireball / # > > I ran --depclean and it wants to remove python 3.1. I ran python > updater and recompiled the needed packages. Since python 2.7 is the > default python, is it safe to remove python 3.1? As we all know, python > and portage is really good friends and portage gets real upset when it > looses its friend. I'd much rather ask this question than have to start > a thread on how to repair python with a dead portage. > > So, safe to remove? I'm thinking it is but just want the comfort of > taking someone else with me it is breaks. lol It's safe, your portage uses 2.7. Wonko