Apparently, both methods work. But I agree your way is easier...
BTW, when we are at the subject, is it possible to switch to python 3.x,
and get rid of python 2.x completely? I noticed there are still both versions
of python installed: 2.7.1 and 3.1.3...
Jarrry
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 10:13 PM, JM <jmurray...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi - you don't give the name of the python version to eselect python set,
> you give it the number of the option (usually 1 or 2) next to the version
> you want, which you saw when running 'eselect python list'
>
>> 1. emerge --update...
>> 2. eselect python set python2.7
>> 3. python-updater ${options}
>> 4. emerge --depclean
>> 5. revdep-rebuild
