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 DFD91138334 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2018 01:11:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C4C35E0844; Thu, 26 Jul 2018 01:10:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx.cims.nyu.edu (MX.CIMS.NYU.EDU [128.122.49.99]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 46366E0806 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2018 01:10:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (smtp.cs.nyu.edu [128.122.49.97]) by mx.cims.nyu.edu (8.15.1+Sun/8.15.1) with ESMTPS id w6Q1AeiA013640 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2018 21:10:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from E7450.localdomain (ool-18be58aa.dyn.optonline.net [24.190.88.170]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id w6Q1Ad8g019349 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 25 Jul 2018 21:10:40 -0400 Received: by E7450.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E17F3442D9; Wed, 25 Jul 2018 21:10:38 -0400 (EDT) From: allan gottlieb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] how to update python choice Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 21:10:38 -0400 Message-ID: <877eliu7ht.fsf@nyu.edu> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.3 (gnu/linux) 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 X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (mx.cims.nyu.edu [128.122.49.99]); Wed, 25 Jul 2018 21:10:41 -0400 (EDT) for IP:'128.122.49.97' DOMAIN:'smtp.cs.nyu.edu' HELO:'smtp.cs.nyu.edu' FROM:'gottlieb@nyu.edu' RCPT:'' X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.6.2 (mx.cims.nyu.edu [128.122.49.99]); Wed, 25 Jul 2018 21:10:41 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.4 at mx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.80 on 128.122.49.99 X-Archives-Salt: 9306e7d2-cdbf-4612-9123-9f94d95f4074 X-Archives-Hash: 02313791b51cdf52a017e33709793d7c I am still using python 3.4, i.e. sh-4.4# eselect python show python3.4 sh-4.4# sh-4.4# eselect python list Available Python interpreters, in order of preference: [1] python3.4 [2] python3.6 (fallback) [3] python3.5 (fallback) [4] python2.7 (fallback) sh-4.4# I realize I should have updated previously. Is a python update as simple as emerge --update --changed-use --with-bdeps=n @world eselect python set python3.6 emerge --update --changed-use --with-bdeps=n @world I have no custom python scripts on either of my systems. thanks in advance, allan