On 18 March 2010 20:24, Fabian Groffen <grob...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On 18-03-2010 20:20:02 +0100, Thomas Sachau wrote: >> There are 2 ways to fix this issue: >> >> -fix the dependency string for those packages (including the lines in >> distutils.eclass) >> >> or (since Arfrever claims current portage behaviour is wrong) >> -change portage behaviour to be satisfied with a python slot and to not >> require other slots. > > Since the last option will take time in any case, I guess the first > option is the best to achieve the desired goal: make sure Python 3 stays > as far away as possible from any system that doesn't need it.
And the best way to do that is to package.mask it. Cheers, -- Ben de Groot Gentoo Linux Qt project lead developer