From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OQ9sf-0007cm-Mm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:03:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 49627E0A5A for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:03:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-iw0-f181.google.com (mail-iw0-f181.google.com [209.85.214.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66EF7E099B for ; Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:18:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn34 with SMTP id 34so742729iwn.40 for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:18:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type; bh=EYRfNCtjVJFVNdq+zeXF5WL0rrqQH7SKP16rgWyh6IA=; b=hUBJRVOu+6NnMn5sDbfo4k3Uk7RfbP12pBP8VK6LmSGlhI36AkEGnLMf27Ppqs63bD x9377vynzqOEteU7BeicjSlqd3Qumlm0/Aw+P7nwEr1r//puMFcAqyc1LmAoTKJP8ICo saq44WPyN5afeO5MP213wKVlfBwlk5M4k4oBE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; b=jNQiGUYe1DeOiv81IxiEuO8k21XkO5hUnKoDaKgPXj/ElhcqEWaKk/FRQEG5ozl3Hs rinphA4Cd/PHRn4pcrBAFJUEIFbbjgKXKN4eJldTSnqbb7tgqGL84tmt1DZ1Jlv1ZGnv 8DOFcWyjLwh+SG0TTjXYxeGa/DAyk5BcglzUg= 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 Received: by 10.231.178.135 with SMTP id bm7mr3460128ibb.73.1276996723973; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:18:43 -0700 (PDT) Sender: comprookie2000@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.37.136 with HTTP; Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:18:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100619233834.GA4890@solfire> References: <20100619165647.60d59d0b@karnak.local> <20100619160658.GC4878@solfire> <201006191954.39550.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <4C1D0CAE.5020404@gmail.com> <20100619233834.GA4890@solfire> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:18:43 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: bGGs-fWbGbeopPPFE07FJ_wumSI Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Compilation aborted for setuptools-0.6.12 From: David Abbott To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: 8c8d82ba-6431-45d3-ac95-f59b595e9926 X-Archives-Hash: 683ab26552d331ed7d09e3f6cb9421f1 On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 7:38 PM, wrote: > And yes: I need python 3.1 (building the svn version of blender needs > it, which gets installed under /uss/local/...) > > Is this the infamous cat, which bits into its own tail... ? > > Best regards, > mcc > You can set your main active version of python as 2.6, and still have 3.1 installed to build and run Blender. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/Python/developersguide.xml I have not seen the ebuild you are using for your svn version of blender so not sure if it will work as is. Python is not ready as yet to run as your main active version yet and looks like you found one of the reasons. -- David Abbott (dabbott)