<p dir="ltr">Have you tried running python-updater? I have no idea if it would fix it, but worth a try?</p> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 23, 2015 17:38, "Dale" <<a href="mailto:rdalek1967@gmail.com">rdalek1967@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Howdy,<br> <br> For the past week or so, I been getting this endless loop with<br> preserved-rebuild. I did a emerge -ev world last night and it still<br> gives me the same thing. I'm stumped with the info emerge is giving me<br> again.<br> <br> root@fireball / # emerge @preserved-rebuild<br> <br> These are the packages that would be merged, in order:<br> <br> Calculating dependencies... done!<br> [ebuild R ] dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r1:3.3::gentoo USE="gdbm ipv6<br> ncurses readline sqlite ssl threads tk xml -build -doc -examples<br> -hardened -wininst" 0 KiB<br> [ebuild R ] dev-lang/python-2.7.9-r1:2.7::gentoo USE="gdbm ipv6<br> ncurses readline sqlite ssl threads tk (wide-unicode) xml -berkdb -build<br> -doc -examples -hardened -wininst" 0 KiB<br> [ebuild R ] dev-lang/python-3.4.1:3.4::gentoo USE="gdbm ipv6<br> ncurses readline sqlite ssl threads tk xml -build -examples -hardened<br> -wininst" 0 KiB<br> <br> Total: 3 packages (3 reinstalls), Size of downloads: 0 KiB<br> <br> >>> Verifying ebuild manifests<br> >>> Emerging (1 of 3) dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r1::gentoo<br> >>> Emerging (2 of 3) dev-lang/python-2.7.9-r1::gentoo<br> >>> Emerging (3 of 3) dev-lang/python-3.4.1::gentoo<br> >>> Installing (2 of 3) dev-lang/python-2.7.9-r1::gentoo<br> >>> Installing (1 of 3) dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r1::gentoo<br> >>> Installing (3 of 3) dev-lang/python-3.4.1::gentoo<br> >>> Jobs: 3 of 3 complete Load avg: 3.99,<br> 2.91, 1.47<br> >>> Auto-cleaning packages...<br> <br> >>> No outdated packages were found on your system.<br> <br> * GNU info directory index is up-to-date.<br> <br> !!! existing preserved libs:<br> >>> package: dev-lang/tk-8.5.17<br> * - /usr/lib64/<a href="http://libtk8.6.so" target="_blank">libtk8.6.so</a><br> * used by /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so<br> (dev-lang/python-2.7.9-r1)<br> * used by /usr/lib64/python3.3/lib-dynload/_<a href="http://tkinter.cpython-33.so" target="_blank">tkinter.cpython-33.so</a><br> (dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r1)<br> * used by /usr/lib64/python3.4/lib-dynload/_<a href="http://tkinter.cpython-34.so" target="_blank">tkinter.cpython-34.so</a><br> (dev-lang/python-3.4.1)<br> >>> package: dev-lang/tcl-8.5.17<br> * - /usr/lib64/<a href="http://libtcl8.6.so" target="_blank">libtcl8.6.so</a><br> * used by /usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload/_tkinter.so<br> (dev-lang/python-2.7.9-r1)<br> * used by /usr/lib64/python3.3/lib-dynload/_<a href="http://tkinter.cpython-33.so" target="_blank">tkinter.cpython-33.so</a><br> (dev-lang/python-3.3.5-r1)<br> * used by /usr/lib64/python3.4/lib-dynload/_<a href="http://tkinter.cpython-34.so" target="_blank">tkinter.cpython-34.so</a><br> (dev-lang/python-3.4.1)<br> Use emerge @preserved-rebuild to rebuild packages using these libraries<br> <br> * IMPORTANT: config file '/etc/bash/bashrc' needs updating.<br> <br> * IMPORTANT: config file '/usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc' needs updating.<br> * See the CONFIGURATION FILES section of the emerge<br> * man page to learn how to update config files.<br> root@fireball / #<br> <br> <br> I've also rebuilt tcl and tk before doing a emerge -ev world. Where is<br> my hammer?<br> <br> Thanks.<br> <font color="#888888"><br> Dale<br> <br> :-) :-)<br> <br> </font></blockquote></div>