Re: [gentoo-user] Re: python wide-unicode problem

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 01/21/2011 04:26:09 PM, walt wrote:
> On 01/21/2011 12:13 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > using Python3.1, if I say
> > import site
> >
> > I get
> >
> >    File "/usr/lib64/python3.1/site.py", line 472, in setencoding
> >      sys.setdefaultencoding(encoding) # Needs Python Unicode
> build !
> > ValueError: Can only set default encoding to utf-8
> >
> > But
> >
> > emerge -vp dev-lang/python-3.1.3  shows
> > USE="doc gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline sqlite ssl threads tk (wide-
> > unicode) xml -build -examples -wininst"
> >
> > Why is 'wide-unicode' in parentheses?
>
> Hm.  Try using a different tool, like equery u python.  Note the
> warning
> about changing that useflag.

Thanks, unfortunately I don't understand the output
I've got
[ Legend : U - final flag setting for installation]
[        : I - package is installed with flag     ]
[ Colors : set, unset                             ]
 * Found these USE flags for dev-lang/python-3.1.3:
.....
 - + wide-unicode : Enable wide Unicode implementation which uses 4-
byte
                    Unicode characters. Switching of this USE flag 
changes ABI
                    of Python and requires reinstallation of many 
Python
                    modules. (DON'T DISABLE THIS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT 
YOU'RE
                    DOING)

So, I have U- but I+ on wide-unicode
What does that mean?

Thanks,
Helmut.