On Thursday 04 February 2010 12:14:52 Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:06:54 -0600, Dale wrote: > >> The bad thing is, since python is not a "system" package, it > >> doesn't even save the last compiled binary > >> in /usr/portage/packages/All/ if you only have buildsyspkg in > >> make.conf. It does portage but not python. > > > > That's because python is no longer an essential requirement of Gentoo. It > > is a dependency of portage, but Gentoo now supports multiple package > > managers, so portage is not required either. > > That's true but unmerging python still breaks portage. Talking about > some other package manager doesn't affect portage and the fact that > removing python breaks it. The facts still remain the same as before. > Remove python and portage is broken.
How about a portage feature request? The contents of @system can have dependencies. Put a setting in a conf file which means the system uses portage, therefore python is in @system. Without the setting, python does not get included in @system. I have no idea how this would fly, it's just an idea off the top of my head -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
