Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Strange python-updater error

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

Jacques Montier wrote:
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> Jacques
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> Site :  http://sites.google.com/site/jacquesfr35/
> Le 09/06/2010 16:26, Dale a gentiment tapote:
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>> Jacques Montier wrote:
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>>> Le 09/06/2010 15:17, walt a gentiment tapote:
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>>>> On 06/09/2010 03:32 AM, Jacques Montier wrote:
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>>>>          
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> After upgrading world, i installed python-3.1.2-r3 with already
>>>>> installed python-2.6.4-r1
>>>>> As recommended, i ran python-updater ; so python-updater added some
>>>>> packages to the list as :
>>>>> app-office/openoffice-bin:0
>>>>> dev-lang/-MERGING-python:2.5
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> The output is an error about  dev-lang/-MERGING-python:2.5 as invalid
>>>>> atom !
>>>>> Where does that "-MERGING-" come from ?
>>>>>
>>>>>            
>>>> Which version of python are you actually using now?  AFAIK the portage
>>>> utilities
>>>> don't yet work correctly if you are using python-3.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> I use python2.6, but both 2.6 and 3.1 are installed.
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Just for the record, installing python 3.1 is fine but DON'T switch to
>> it.  Very little works with it right now.  There was a HUGE discussion
>> about this on -dev.  It's confusing because python 3.1 is stable but
>> you can't switch to it yet since not much is ready for it.
>>
>> The best thing to do is to mask python 3.1 until you can actually
>> switch to it.  That is what most devs are recommending.  If you don't
>> have something that has to have it, mask it for now.
>>
>> Dale
>>
>> :-)  :-)
>>
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> with eselect python list, i get this :
> # Available Python interpreters:
>    [1]   python2.6 *
>    [2]   python3.1
> So python2.6 is the main active version ; therefore is it necessary to
> mask it ?
>
> Jacques
>
>    

If I recall correctly, there are a few programs that can run with python 
3.  Thing is, there are still a LOT of them that can't run with it and 
must have python 2.  If you switch to python 3, you will have a mess on 
your hands.  If nothing actually requires python 3, mask it for now.  It 
will be a while before you will have to have it anyway.  When that time 
comes, portage will tell you that some package that must have python 3 
only is masked.  Then you can remove the mask, install it and switch to it.

This is just to save you some "issues" later on.  Trying to use python 3 
right now is not going to work.  Wait until things are able to use and 
go through the update process then and only have to do it once.

That's my $0.02 worth.

Dale

:-)  :-)