On Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:27:00 +0100 Helmut Jarausch <jarau...@igpm.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
> PYTHON_COMPAT="python2_7 python3_3 python3_4" This is a variable meant for packages; and thus, setting it in make.conf has no effect afaik. > PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3 python3_4" You'll want to set this to what you want. > # PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" > PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_3" > > in my /etc/portage/make.conf and portage itself is Python3-based. > I have to toggle the two PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET lines depending > on some packages, e.g., dev-util/eric requires > PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_3" > which causes other packages not to install. Set these in /etc/portage/package.use like so: dev-util/eric python_single_target_python3_3 (Yes, PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET expands to USE flags.) > I have tried to remove python2_7 from PYTHON_TARGETS but then > I cannot re-install portage although it is based on Python3. Why is this? Can you share us the log or output of that? -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D