From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80C5E138BD3 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2014 01:04:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D83ECE08EA; Wed, 5 Nov 2014 01:04:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qg0-f43.google.com (mail-qg0-f43.google.com [209.85.192.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CC81CE08DD for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2014 01:04:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qg0-f43.google.com with SMTP id f51so11349179qge.2 for ; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:04:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BvPWMAdS+rnD6rIv/ZSL57d9cMDSASqNXuWOJVLQ5PY=; b=wZFOUNCGGdvFdUunI8ls6xZQ02pAaplgMX5pg+ukhiTeUAfPmjE3m3h4XhzK09B+Nz 9RutfiPR6mK4H56j9m1N3UuWWnRJlzZg5bNHOHf7uB4pe+J1ZKo5VXFbTert7J4hSjYl IuJlENzu2jDOWvYXDgoPble6PSRnSKcIj++lNyZvFrKl80Cmi0ApOBn3dW+lEkkA2Ord IsN9LXc6saiQJdBmaVicY5IDPzk3NgiV5V/8L5KBpALYQWimI8UgWJrbI870Wlf4tcMa M/zds9cLLjxOr9Rbbvw2Xqr/0XHwyE+nb5BtmU2oKx1lTRcLU+cJzxj3JnEXZ+48GVoP w14Q== X-Received: by 10.224.54.205 with SMTP id r13mr50328992qag.73.1415149470039; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:04:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-148-49.jan.bellsouth.net. [98.95.148.49]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id j1sm1847367qao.38.2014.11.04.17.04.29 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:04:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5459779C.3070106@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:04:28 -0600 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:33.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/33.0 SeaMonkey/2.30 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] using python 2.7 References: <5459026B.5020800@yourstruly.sx> <54595401.9000904@yourstruly.sx> <545968F5.20000@gmail.com> <54596CEC.9060102@yourstruly.sx> In-Reply-To: <54596CEC.9060102@yourstruly.sx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 47227ead-a27a-4a91-9b7e-6ca730bc030c X-Archives-Hash: a9bf2e77b0de7d78423e01c30e2bafba Paige Thompson wrote: > > I don't think I removed it, just figured out how to change it with > eselect. Here's what I mean: > > > laptop#eselect python > Usage: eselect python > > Standard actions: > help Display help text > usage Display usage information > version Display version information > > Extra actions: > list List installed Python interpreters > --python2 List installed Python 2 interpreters > --python3 List installed Python 3 interpreters > set Set main active Python interpreter > --python2 Set active Python 2 interpreter without > setting of main active Python interpreter if it is not set to Python 2 > --python3 Set active Python 3 interpreter without > setting of main active Python interpreter if it is not set to Python 3 > show Show main active Python interpreter > --ABI Show Python ABI in format of PYTHON_ABI > variable > --python2 Show active Python 2 interpreter > --python3 Show active Python 3 interpreter > update Switch to the most recent CPython interpreter > --if-unset Do not override existing implementation > --ignore SLOT Ignore SLOT when setting symlinks > --python2 Set active Python 2 interpreter without > setting of main active Python interpreter if it is not set to Python 2 > --python3 Set active Python 3 interpreter without > setting of main active Python interpreter if it is not set to Python 3 > laptop# > > > >From this information I wouldn't expect : > > laptop#eselect python set python2.7 > laptop# > > To have been correct... since it lists --python2 and --python3 below > "set" in the help but: > > laptop#python --version > Python 2.7.7 > laptop# > > It does, and thats pretty much all I needed. No need to unmerge anything > but the thought did cross my mind and if I were going to I would've made > a binpkg first. > > Thanks, > > -Paige > You may want to look into the buildpkg option in make.conf. It builds them automatically for you as you emerge things. I've had a close call or two so I have had that set for many years now. If you do set that, remember to use eclean-pkg on occasion if you start using a lot of hard drive space. You also may want to look into eclean-dist too. ;-) Dale :-) :-)