[gentoo-user] Re: Python: ebuilds vs. pip3 install --user

2020-03-11 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2020-03-11 22:10, Marc Joliet wrote: > "python -m venv -h" in a terminal to get started Yes, and note in particular the --system-site-packages option. -- Ian

Re: [gentoo-user] X won't start after xorg-server update

2020-03-11 Thread Jack
On 2020.03.11 19:00, hitachi303 wrote: Hi there, so ever since using the amd64 17.1 profiles (which is not that long for this PC) I have one problem. After updating xorg-server X won't start. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20opengl.conf reads: Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/module

Re: [gentoo-user] X won't start after xorg-server update

2020-03-11 Thread Dale
hitachi303 wrote: > Hi there, > > so ever since using the amd64 17.1 profiles (which is not that long > for this PC) I have one problem. After updating xorg-server X won't > start. > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20opengl.conf reads: > Section "Files" >     ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" > EndSect

[gentoo-user] X won't start after xorg-server update

2020-03-11 Thread hitachi303
Hi there, so ever since using the amd64 17.1 profiles (which is not that long for this PC) I have one problem. After updating xorg-server X won't start. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20opengl.conf reads: Section "Files" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" EndSection but the module is located at

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Python: ebuilds vs. pip3 install --user

2020-03-11 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Mittwoch, 11. März 2020, 21:27:11 CET schrieb Grant Edwards: > On 2020-03-11, Marc Joliet wrote: > > Am Mittwoch, 11. März 2020, 18:54:43 CET schrieb Grant Edwards: > >> [...] > >> Q: Under what conditions will having a second installation of a Python > >> > >>library under .local cause pr

[gentoo-user] Re: Python: ebuilds vs. pip3 install --user

2020-03-11 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2020-03-11, Marc Joliet wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 11. März 2020, 18:54:43 CET schrieb Grant Edwards: >> [...] >> Q: Under what conditions will having a second installation of a Python >>library under .local cause problems? > > IIUC you shouldn't have any problems, simply because ~/.local/ is no

Re: [gentoo-user] Python: ebuilds vs. pip3 install --user

2020-03-11 Thread Marc Joliet
Am Mittwoch, 11. März 2020, 18:54:43 CET schrieb Grant Edwards: > Background: a utility written in Python that I use regularly > (weasyprint) was out-of-date and is being dropped from Gentoo's > package database. I tried (and faield) to creaate an ebuild for a > more recent version. So I ended up

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New laptop - AMD or Intel?

2020-03-11 Thread Caveman Al Toraboran
‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Wednesday, March 11, 2020 11:17 PM, james wrote: > On 3/9/20 2:53 PM, Michael wrote: > > Intel/nvidia sold their souls to satan, a long time ago, from my > perspective as a christian, ymmv. [Citation needed].

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: New laptop - AMD or Intel?

2020-03-11 Thread james
On 3/9/20 2:53 PM, Michael wrote: On Monday, 9 March 2020 18:08:54 GMT Grant Edwards wrote: On 2020-03-09, Mark Knecht wrote: Would that be the consensus of the group here? After decades of buying AMD, over the past 5 years or so all my machines gradually shifted to Intel. So you can probab

[gentoo-user] Re: Python: ebuilds vs. pip3 install --user

2020-03-11 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2020-03-11, Mark Knecht wrote: > I cannot really answer your questions about multiple python versions as > you've outlined it. FWIW, I'm not asking about different versions of Python. I'm asking about different versions of Python libraries — all of which were installed for the same version/i

Re: [gentoo-user] The Intel sequel of vulnerabilities continues ...

2020-03-11 Thread james
On 3/10/20 8:20 PM, Michael wrote: What-ever I may buy in the future, I'll make sure it does not contain Intel inside ... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/10/lvi_intel_cpu_attack/ YMMV. :-) Yep. Many of us have been on pure AMD, for a long time. I'm very glad to see those abused by Int

Re: [gentoo-user] Python: ebuilds vs. pip3 install --user

2020-03-11 Thread Mark Knecht
On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 10:55 AM Grant Edwards wrote: > Background: a utility written in Python that I use regularly > (weasyprint) was out-of-date and is being dropped from Gentoo's > package database. I tried (and faield) to creaate an ebuild for a > more recent version. So I ended up doing >

[gentoo-user] Python: ebuilds vs. pip3 install --user

2020-03-11 Thread Grant Edwards
Background: a utility written in Python that I use regularly (weasyprint) was out-of-date and is being dropped from Gentoo's package database. I tried (and faield) to creaate an ebuild for a more recent version. So I ended up doing $ pip3 install --user weasyprint That installed weasyprint and

Re: [gentoo-user] The Intel sequel of vulnerabilities continues ...

2020-03-11 Thread Rich Freeman
On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 8:20 PM Michael wrote: > > What-ever I may buy in the future, I'll make sure it does not contain Intel > inside ... > > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/10/lvi_intel_cpu_attack/ > It seems like the PRIMARY vulnerability here is with SGX, which I doubt most of us care

[gentoo-user] MySQL update could break things

2020-03-11 Thread Michael
Colleen posted a message a couple of weeks ago about mysql hanging at boot. I came across the same problem on an old PC a few days ago. Symptom: === Boot hangs as mysql service is started. Cause: = MySQL upgrade from an old 5.7 version to 8.0 has a lot of material changes, which requir