eselect compiler has been removed from the tree, hence its usage can be removed from portage.
-- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level
--- ../../trunk/pym/_emerge/__init__.py 2008-05-12 19:25:21 +0200 +++ ./pym/_emerge/__init__.py 2008-05-12 17:16:49 +0200 @@ -303,12 +318,6 @@ "!!! other terminals also.\n" ) - mystatus, myoutput = commands.getstatusoutput("eselect compiler show") - if mystatus == os.EX_OK and len(myoutput.split("/")) == 2: - part1, part2 = myoutput.split("/") - if part1.startswith(chost + "-"): - return myoutput.replace(chost + "-", gcc_ver_prefix, 1) - mystatus, myoutput = commands.getstatusoutput("gcc-config -c") if mystatus == os.EX_OK and myoutput.startswith(chost + "-"): return myoutput.replace(chost + "-", gcc_ver_prefix, 1)