[gentoo-alt] RAP stage 1 bootstrap fails on CentOS 6 due to python version

[Lincoln Bryant]

Hi all,

I’m experimenting with RAP on CentOS 6 and seeing the stage 1 build fail when bootstrapping portage due to a lack of Python 2.7.

Here’s the error I see:
	checking whether /usr/bin/python 2.6.6 >= 2.7... configure: error: need at least version 2.7 of python

Depsite successfully bootstrapping python, the portage build seems to be looking for Python in the host’s /usr/bin, which is 2.6.6 on EL6. As such it fails. If I do some nasty things like replace the host's /usr/bin/python symlink, the stage 1 works fine.

Did I miss something obvious here? Thanks for any insight!

Cheers,
Lincoln