On Friday 05 Dec 2014 11:48:08 Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
> On 12/05/2014 06:37 AM, Mick wrote:
> > I don't have python in world, because it is always installed as a
> > dependency. However, I just noticed this in 'emerge --info':
> > 
> > PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python2_7" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_3"
> > 
> > Hmm ... if I don't have PYTHON_TARGETS in my make.conf, where else is
> > this being set?
> 
> PYTHON_TARGETS is set to "python2_7 python3_3" in the system profile
> (portage being written in python naturally requires a system dependency
> on Python). Unless you need a specific version of Python, I personally
> would just leave it to the system profile, as it will be updated
> automatically when necessary (I think python3_3 -> python3_4 will be
> solid in a few months).
> 
> Also, 3.4 probably got installed because the python3_3 -> python3_4
> transition was actually committed for a day or two until loads of issues
> became apparent and this transition was reverted. iirc the revert was
> not because porting from python3.3 to python3.4 is difficult, just due
> to ebuilds not specifying python3_4 as supported, which is why I imagine
> this will be solid in a few months.

OK got it, thanks!

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Regards,
Mick

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