Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Dale <[email protected]> wrote: >> Mark Knecht wrote: >>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 3:36 AM, Dale <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Howdy, >>>> >>>> I'm just wanting to make certain I don't break my rig. Info first: >>>> >>>> root@fireball / # eselect python list >>>> Available Python interpreters: >>>> [1] python2.7 * >>>> [2] python3.1 >>>> [3] python3.2 >>>> root@fireball / # >>>> >>>> I ran --depclean and it wants to remove python 3.1. I ran python >>>> updater and recompiled the needed packages. Since python 2.7 is the >>>> default python, is it safe to remove python 3.1? As we all know, python >>>> and portage is really good friends and portage gets real upset when it >>>> looses its friend. I'd much rather ask this question than have to start >>>> a thread on how to repair python with a dead portage. >>>> >>>> So, safe to remove? I'm thinking it is but just want the comfort of >>>> taking someone else with me it is breaks. lol >>>> >>>> Dale >>>> >>> >>> You should be safe but please do an >>> >>> eselect python list --python3 >>> >>> and make sure you're set to 3.2 before removing 3.1. >>> >>> HTH, >>> Mark >>> >>> >> >> >> Last I heard we are not supposed to set python to 3 anything. Has that >> changed? >> >> Dale >> > > No, we're not supposed to set the *system* *default* to python3 yet. > Still, if you have multiple 3.x versions installed you would want to > set the python3 setting to the python version you want to default to > should some program absolutely require python3, so we've got 3 real > settings: > > System default - still python-2.x > Python2 - same python-2.x version as the system default > Python3 - what ever version you want for programs requiring Python3 > > HTH, > Mark > >
But if I tell eselect to set it to 3 something then that is what the system will try to use right? Isn't that what eselect does? I'm recalling what was posted after you emerge python here. The einfo/ewarn thingy. Again, this may have changed but what I'm wondering is if we need the python 2 stuff any more if we can set this to python 3. After all, python 2 has to die eventually. ^_^ Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
