[gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?

2009-08-02 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 08/02/2009 06:17 PM, Doug Hunley wrote: I noticed that my 'emerge world' wants to replace python 2.6.2 with python 3.1 (I run ~x86). Nope, it does not :) It only wants to install it alongside 2.6.x, not replace it. Is it safe to do so or will portage (and everything else) freak out?

[gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?

2009-08-02 Thread Christer Ekholm
Albert Hopkins mar...@letterboxes.org writes: On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 11:17 -0400, Doug Hunley wrote: I would think (hope) that the python maintainers were smart enough to know whether installing Python 3 would break portage. Then again, this is Gentoo ;-) Just installing it doesn't break

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?

2009-08-02 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Sun, 08/02, Christer Ekholm wrote: === Just installing it doesn't break portage. But using it does! :) === That's probably why it's there now. ;-) Thanks for the clarification everyone. I was wondering the same thing. -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart

[gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?

2009-08-02 Thread Doug Hunley
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 17:07, Keith Dartke...@dartworks.biz wrote: Just installing it doesn't break portage. But using it does! :) Exactly. When I ran this (and then went for breakfast and coffee): /usr/bin/eix-sync /usr/bin/emerge --update --newuse --deep --keep-going --with-bdeps

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?

2009-08-02 Thread Dale
Doug Hunley wrote: On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 17:07, Keith Dartke...@dartworks.biz wrote: Just installing it doesn't break portage. But using it does! :) Exactly. When I ran this (and then went for breakfast and coffee): /usr/bin/eix-sync /usr/bin/emerge --update --newuse --deep

RE: [gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?

2009-08-02 Thread Adam Carter
Just installing it doesn't break portage. But using it does! :) 19:14:44 poke:~ $ eselect python list Available python interpreters: [1] python2.6 [2] python3.1 19:17:24 poke:~ $ sudo eselect python set 2 19:17:31 poke:~ $ emerge --info File /usr/bin/emerge, line

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?

2009-08-02 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:01:20 -0500 Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com wrote: Most likely the --depclean removed it. As someone else found out the hard way, not all Gentoo package managers need python. Therefore python can be unmerged which causes a mess. This is a good reason to NEVER trust

[gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?

2009-08-02 Thread Christer Ekholm
Adam Carter adam.car...@optus.com.au writes: Just installing it doesn't break portage. But using it does! :) 19:14:44 poke:~ $ eselect python list Available python interpreters: [1] python2.6 [2] python3.1 19:17:24 poke:~ $ sudo eselect python set 2 19:17:31 poke:~ $

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?

2009-08-02 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 10:15:19 +1000 Adam Carter adam.car...@optus.com.au wrote: Just installing it doesn't break portage. But using it does! :) 19:14:44 poke:~ $ eselect python list Available python interpreters: [1] python2.6 [2] python3.1 19:17:24 poke:~ $ sudo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?

2009-08-02 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 2 Aug 2009 19:35:52 -0400, Doug Hunley wrote: Please enlighten me where I went wrong as I'd rather not have such surprises in the morn. :) Updating world without first checking to see what will happen is asking for trouble, running emerge --depclean without checking is sending it a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: python 3.1 safe as default python?

2009-08-02 Thread Keith Dart
=== On Mon, 08/03, Christer Ekholm wrote: === I think that the comma on line 41 in /usr/bin/emerge is simply not valid in python-3 === Right. http://docs.python.org/3.1/whatsnew/3.0.html -- Keith Dart -- -- Keith Dart ke...@dartworks.biz ===