From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BAAC21382C5 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:37:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1E0DAE0B9D; Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:37:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from very.loosely.org (very.loosely.org [173.255.215.69]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A0657E0B72 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:37:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.8.78.6] (port=59830 helo=matica.foolinux.mooo.com) by ahiker.mooo.com with esmtp (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1fAdXI-0006WU-ED for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2018 08:37:48 -0700 Received: from itz by matica.foolinux.mooo.com with local (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1fAdXC-0002gt-7p for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2018 08:37:42 -0700 Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 08:37:42 -0700 From: Ian Zimmerman To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Dependencies and PYTHON_TARGETS Message-ID: <20180423153742.p7ilvjyakckby2gs@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <20180422183436.vema66qk5wq7zsrc@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <20180422150847.GA17255@localhost.localdomain> <20180423014402.5kgcfhhxn6w7kg7m@matica.foolinux.mooo.com> <20180423083112.7d0d3557@digimed.co.uk> 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-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180423083112.7d0d3557@digimed.co.uk> X-Loosely-Listed: yes User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170707-dirty (1.8.3) X-Archives-Salt: 754553d6-31a4-4f4e-bcf6-add4f5c2c61d X-Archives-Hash: 66b175db4a074918bd6b6a632c86990e 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. -- Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. To reply privately _only_ on Usenet and on broken lists which rewrite From, fetch the TXT record for no-use.mooo.com.