On 2008-07-26, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> emerge the new python, run the python updater and let it emerge whatever
> packages it needs to rebuild, check to make sure nothing still needs the
> old version and then you can unmerge the old one.
Be warned: running python-updater can take a long time (as in a
day or more) on older machines. It rebuilds things like open
office.
> I think that is the correct way.
>
> It is also safer to keep a spare copy of some things around in case you
> mess up to. man make-conf and look for buildsyspkg.
If it were me, I'd leave the old Python around for while.
There's no real reason you need to unmerge it (unless you're
running out of disk space).
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