On Thu, 26 May 2005 16:24:28 +0200, Holly Bostick wrote:
> But if I try to emerge -Cav =dev-lang/python-2.4.1 (presumably leaving
> 2.3.5 intact), emerge throws me a message so alarming that I CTRL-C
> before the unmerge can begin:
>
> !!! Trying to unmerge package(s) in system profile. 'dev-lang/python'
> !!! This could be damaging to your system.
~~~~~~~~This is the important part. > Now of course I know that Portage depends on Python, and I certainly > don't want to mess up Portage, so how do I get rid of this version of > Python (or how do I recover if there's no way to get rid of it without > breaking anything)? Portage depends on Python 2.3, unmerging that and leaving 2.4 could break things, the other way round shouldn't. However, it is worth playing safe, so use quickpkg to build a binary package of any potentially important package before unmerging it. Even if you break portage, you can still install a binary package with tar xf /path/to/package.tbz2 -C / -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 10: Computer security
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