On Sun, 7 Mar 2021 18:32:26 -0500, Steven Lembark wrote:

> > 1) use eselect to set your default python to 3.8
> > 2) Add python_39 to PYTHON_TARGETS
> > 3) Explicitly call python38 in the shebang line of the affected
> > script.   
> 
> So, I go back and eselect 3.8.
> I then try to perform some basic maintainence which fails for
> lack of a python module I think is installed for python 3.8.

If your system has been built entirely with PYTHON_TARGETS="python_38"
then all installed modules should be available.

> Q: Is there no way to have a consistent version of Python on 
>    the system?

Yes, make sure PYTHON_TARGETS and your chosen version of python match.


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Neil Bothwick

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