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Dale wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> As part of emerge -DuN system portage appears to first make me remove |
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>> python by hand. Is this safe? |
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> No! Not until you get a working version installed. Portage needs |
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> python. Someone correct me if I misstep here: |
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> emerge the new python, run the python updater and let it emerge whatever |
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> packages it needs to rebuild, check to make sure nothing still needs the |
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> old version and then you can unmerge the old one. |
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> I think that is the correct way. |
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It is. *Only* unmerge the old Python after you emerged the new one |
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*and* ran python-updater. |
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Unmerging Python without first emerging the new version is equivalent to |
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sawing off the branch you are sitting on. You could as well unmerge |
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portage itself and wonder where portage went and why you can't emerge. |
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