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 1017D1382C5 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 09:38:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0890DE085A; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 09:38:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lj1-x236.google.com (mail-lj1-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::236]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B46A8E0843 for ; Tue, 8 Dec 2020 09:38:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lj1-x236.google.com with SMTP id t22so18399554ljk.0 for ; Tue, 08 Dec 2020 01:38:50 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=DGl35Yub76nqnsoj8frSKbNQQP2SxroRw6Gz9WB9MRQ=; b=VJzUQO21wFB5No2PmUgUm9T9Dj18IcRnjfs4lyEcEMiLES3KHbCsY8ItLzVBBEQZ3X SISSFcYXvFF3Qs1fvjIxgKxGbfJF6RNbvIJzFg+nQxFHUy2sa1fhP5nwohYE7ilRiS7d R3kwLt8kCdBqukp6LOpWiHDyEbbT0YOX8VDv+gf83Obtw8NM0DbGEPCh1+2m9SV76t1P vqOPBXcq9PJlvfLAN1P0chajd2OkrLpmH+6Oq8pGuNaFmrYBUBbRJpgMtQuv9ckvBVaB UJ6Y5OZSTWTSDWss69ag6vpqOejxW3sAAB1K7OfmFiJv8RsRtLQlSFKfra9wlBObEJhk wolQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=DGl35Yub76nqnsoj8frSKbNQQP2SxroRw6Gz9WB9MRQ=; b=DVVCmrK7nY85qyR8XE2iNjWW4fjXwHFWLz/wQQ0C/CZ9MKcrkoEYLZdAwHEYrzttJT 1XzIFtfmxWCM+Fk7cYEZGLu5ieYh/wRf6sdoJkvKiaZKbcAvJs4LsJmoMagxlVKoBCgN N3cFhm4hbzV5vJ8+y2xVton6DtCDpBGAxqbQMhbv54eQOUN6hp+zcvwNDypln2c4FFip uryAAFs7CrmrZ+nBJmVqRby474u9z2rnnTroDOc2qLl6gtHun/IwfeYgMWjMkJJ9KI9j rR+yOm/ElozN9SmWrA7/BI3CEpt3YoT1tvUxkygzXwRCkLI1oJvQEAl0KUuqMqE8wktT Ejkg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531nIfdbix//jnuGLnl1X9Mh93As4MHDKX4TffdHOr39o+uxvZqn iMIrDHK52pcvCx8ihvCC1YciSQYBn2qrpPztJP3i2sOv X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzcqENDkRLrWKgC5Ei1YeE/x/GUbheloPwhMI0j1E3dNSx4cxmpyFyBqE5YWGx2+/jq61GNMKtr39QzZx4/ilc= X-Received: by 2002:a05:651c:211c:: with SMTP id a28mr10594036ljq.343.1607420328719; Tue, 08 Dec 2020 01:38:48 -0800 (PST) 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20201208090718.GA16745@waltdnes.org> In-Reply-To: <20201208090718.GA16745@waltdnes.org> From: Arve Barsnes Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 10:38:43 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] portage blocking portage update To: Gentoo Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 1b66867c-db95-4123-bcc9-b5d6c1e6e045 X-Archives-Hash: e6d462cdae2b5c94ddb7b445ef25cfe0 On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 10:07, Walter Dnes wrote: > I just did an "emerge --sync", and was told to update portage. But it > seems that portage 3.0.8 built with python 3.7 is blocking portage 3.0.9 > with python 3.8. I obviously can't remove portage to fix the block . > Note "grep -i python /etc/portage/make.conf" shows no output at all. In > package.use, PYTHON_TARGETS: and PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET: are commented out. It's a dependency problem that I find that it is not worth to untangle. I had the exact same problem yesterday on a different machine. My advice: skip this and go straight to world update. portage will most likely figure out the tangle for you, and update itself during the world update. Regards, Arve