[gentoo-dev] Emerging python 2.1.X breaks portage

[Jon Nelson]

But it can be "fixed" (bandaid) by changing the first line of
/usr/bin/xpak
from
#! /usr/bin/python
to
#! /usr/bin/spython

For portage specific modules, shouldn't there be a specific directory that
is added to the sys.path at startup (of each program)?

Can spython be unmerged after python 2.1.X is merged?

Also, should spython be a virtual for python if it does not include
development files?  pygtk *requires* one of the sys-devel/python
to be installed -- spython won't do it, and pygtk uses virtual/python
in its depends.

What is the "right" thing to do here?

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Jon Nelson
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