From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KMxKq-0006nw-FW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:54:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1EEBCE04AF; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:54:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEC53E04AF for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:54:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CEC165F6D for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:54:14 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.191 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.191 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.341, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=2.067] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BGMc+2Yi8bBr for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:54:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 867B8655FA for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:54:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KMxKX-0002HX-JH for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:54:00 +0000 Received: from 67.220.12.83 ([67.220.12.83]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:53:57 +0000 Received: from grante by 67.220.12.83 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:53:57 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: dev-lang/python-2.3.6-r2 (is blocking app-admin/python-updater-0.5 Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 03:53:44 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <5bdc1c8b0807261536q5f71fbedxdf7a12eefe248322@mail.gmail.com> <488BA968.5020104@bellsouth.net> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.220.12.83 User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Linux) Sender: news 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-Archives-Salt: 6a8ee9e3-007e-430e-a625-015d5468666d X-Archives-Hash: 7e1d00a1f0d4faee2a3f4dcf3b5c3cf4 On 2008-07-26, Dale wrote: > emerge the new python, run the python updater and let it emerge whatever > packages it needs to rebuild, check to make sure nothing still needs the > old version and then you can unmerge the old one. Be warned: running python-updater can take a long time (as in a day or more) on older machines. It rebuilds things like open office. > I think that is the correct way. > > It is also safer to keep a spare copy of some things around in case you > mess up to. man make-conf and look for buildsyspkg. If it were me, I'd leave the old Python around for while. There's no real reason you need to unmerge it (unless you're running out of disk space). -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Catsup and Mustard at all over the place! It's visi.com the Human Hamburger!