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From: Sebastian Pipping <sping@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] mysterious change of system python to python3
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:10:00
Message-Id: 4D2CB0D5.7040002@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] mysterious change of system python to python3 by Jeremy Olexa
1 On 01/11/11 20:13, Jeremy Olexa wrote:
2 > On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:30:03 +0100, Paweł Hajdan, Jr. wrote:
3 >> I've noticed at least two forums threads that suggest there might be a
4 >> bug resulting in automatic "flip" of system python to python3:
5 >>
6 >> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-859654-highlight-.html
7 >> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-6541077.html
8 >>
9 >> Do you think it may be a bug, and if so, how can we debug it?
10 >
11 > Both of those threads were on new installs. There was a regression in
12 > stage building for some time that set python3 as the default system
13 > python. That was fixed here:
14 >
15 > 5 01 Jan 2011; Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto <jmbsvicetto@g.o>
16 > 6 python-2.6.6-r1.ebuild:
17 > 7 Non-maintainer commit.
18 > 8 Reverting commit that broke stage generation for python-2.6.6-r1
19 > as it wasn't
20 > 9 reverted before - bug 347867.
21 > 10 This commit was accepted by Arfrever.
22 >
23 > See also, bug 330655. FWIW, I have recently confirmed that there is
24 > expected behavior now in the stage3-amd64-20110106 tarball.
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26 The commit that was reverted was the one breaking the stages (my fault).
27 You may be mixing something up.
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31 Sebastian