On Sun, 24 May 2009 01:52:45 -0700 Keith Dart <ke...@dartworks.biz> wrote:
> On Sat, 23 May 2009 19:08:50 -0300 > Jorge Morais <please.no.spam.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Now, I do have concerns about your system having remains of multiple > > python installations. > > > > Any person with python knowledge can give an opinion on whether this > > is dangerous? And what is the easiest way to clean the mess? > > Python is designed to work with multiple versions installed. Therefore, > the ebuild is also slotted so you can have multiple versions installed. > Use "eselect python" to choose which one you want to use as the > default. Also, don't forget to run python-updater after recent changes > that installed Python 2.6 for you. You can always unmerge the specific > old version afterwards. e.g. > "emerge --unmerge =dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2" You don't seem to have taken into account that he has installed multiple vanilla python versions *manually* (with ./configure, make, and make install as root), to /usr, and then installed Python with Portage.
