On 11/05/14 00:01, Dale wrote: > Paige Thompson wrote: >> Sorry for the dumb message, I figured out how to use eselect python (the >> syntax is a little weird and not very well documented.) This fixed my >> issue as near as I can tell. >> >> > For future reference, make sure nothing depends on whatever version of > python you want to remove before you remove it. If you don't, it could > get very interesting in a really bad way. Python is one of those > packages that you have to watch out for gotchas on. It sometimes comes > back and bites you. > > Dale > > :-) :-) > I don't think I removed it, just figured out how to change it with eselect. Here's what I mean:
laptop#eselect python Usage: eselect python <action> <options> Standard actions: help Display help text usage Display usage information version Display version information Extra actions: list List installed Python interpreters --python2 List installed Python 2 interpreters --python3 List installed Python 3 interpreters set <target> Set main active Python interpreter --python2 Set active Python 2 interpreter without setting of main active Python interpreter if it is not set to Python 2 --python3 Set active Python 3 interpreter without setting of main active Python interpreter if it is not set to Python 3 show Show main active Python interpreter --ABI Show Python ABI in format of PYTHON_ABI variable --python2 Show active Python 2 interpreter --python3 Show active Python 3 interpreter update Switch to the most recent CPython interpreter --if-unset Do not override existing implementation --ignore SLOT Ignore SLOT when setting symlinks --python2 Set active Python 2 interpreter without setting of main active Python interpreter if it is not set to Python 2 --python3 Set active Python 3 interpreter without setting of main active Python interpreter if it is not set to Python 3 laptop# >From this information I wouldn't expect : laptop#eselect python set python2.7 laptop# To have been correct... since it lists --python2 and --python3 below "set" in the help but: laptop#python --version Python 2.7.7 laptop# It does, and thats pretty much all I needed. No need to unmerge anything but the thought did cross my mind and if I were going to I would've made a binpkg first. Thanks, -Paige
