[gentoo-user] python cleanup

Python and Java have taken me days to clean up on an old, mostly unattended system. I'm almost done, but have an issue, I've not seen before. emerge -p @preserved-rebuild [ebuild R ] dev-db/libpq-8.1.11 [ebuild R ] app-text/hunspell-1.2.8 [ebuild U ] dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r3

Re: [gentoo-user] python cleanup

James wrote: Python and Java have taken me days to clean up on an old, mostly unattended system. SNIP So what's pulling in python 2.5? equery depends dev-lang/pythondev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2 Searching for packages depending on dev-lang/python-2.5.4-r2... Nothing (?) So is it

Re: [gentoo-user] python cleanup

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:29:42 + (UTC), James wrote: Installed versions: 2.5.4-r2(2.5) 2.6.2-r1(2.6) So what's pulling in python 2.5? World? emerge -Pa python should get rid of it if it's not in world. Otherwise you'll need emerge -Ca python:2.5. -- Neil Bothwick

Re: [gentoo-user] python cleanup

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:29:42 + (UTC) James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: So is it OK to unmerge python 2.5? Or do I still need it? I still get old garbage wanting python 2.5 with emerge -p @preserved-rebuild How to proceed is most welcome news to me. Put it to package.mask and