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 297A6138334 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2018 02:46:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AFA74E0849; Thu, 26 Jul 2018 02:46:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from icp-osb-irony-out1.external.iinet.net.au (icp-osb-irony-out1.external.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.210]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8914CE083B for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2018 02:46:12 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BTBABiNVlb/16i0HZbHAEBAQQBAQo?= =?us-ascii?q?BAYNNZmoShCaIZY09LIxwilMLhGwCgmYhNxUBAgEBAQEBAQJtKIU3AQUjDwF?= =?us-ascii?q?WCw0LAgImAgJXEwgBAYMcgX+xUoEuGgKEQYVvgQuIDoFBP4E4gmuFSoI0glU?= =?us-ascii?q?CjUuMKgmIe4Y0BoFGhmQTA4U/iAeKJoEjNCKBUk0fGTuCapBfMo8aAQE?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2BTBABiNVlb/16i0HZbHAEBAQQBAQoBAYNNZmoShCaIZ?= =?us-ascii?q?Y09LIxwilMLhGwCgmYhNxUBAgEBAQEBAQJtKIU3AQUjDwFWCw0LAgImAgJXE?= =?us-ascii?q?wgBAYMcgX+xUoEuGgKEQYVvgQuIDoFBP4E4gmuFSoI0glUCjUuMKgmIe4Y0B?= =?us-ascii?q?oFGhmQTA4U/iAeKJoEjNCKBUk0fGTuCapBfMo8aAQE?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.51,403,1526313600"; d="scan'208";a="117413955" Received: from unknown (HELO mail.vm.localdomain) ([118.208.162.94]) by icp-osb-irony-out1.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 26 Jul 2018 10:46:08 +0800 Received: from localhost (mail.vm.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.vm.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32FE464EE7 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2018 10:46:05 +0800 (AWST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at localdomain Received: from mail.vm.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.vm.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id s6O-SPZls8aC for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2018 10:45:55 +0800 (AWST) Received: from [192.168.45.3] (bunyip.vpn.localdomain [192.168.45.3]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: wdk) by mail.vm.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9C38464EE4 for ; Thu, 26 Jul 2018 10:45:54 +0800 (AWST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] how to update python choice To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <877eliu7ht.fsf@nyu.edu> From: Bill Kenworthy Message-ID: Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2018 10:45:54 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.0 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 In-Reply-To: <877eliu7ht.fsf@nyu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-Archives-Salt: d4806c2b-b90a-4101-9a89-0051e0f4d033 X-Archives-Hash: 6b70c78057aa4e2afcebe4da8cf18226 Hi, no problems doing it except because of the large number of packages look forward to hours of compiling (24hrs on my surface pro4).  Got a few other systems to do which is going to take awhile. BillK On 26/07/18 09:10, allan gottlieb wrote: > 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 >