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Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Dependencies and PYTHON_TARGETS
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On 2018-04-23 08:31, Neil Bothwick wrote:

> > Why did portage remove my python-3.5?
> 
> Because nothing that depends on it isn't also satisfied by python-3.6?

But doesn't the PYTHON_TARGETS with which a package is built create a
strict dependency on those pythons?  If native code extensions are
present, the compiled code won't in general be compatible with other
versions.

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