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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: */*: More Py2 stuff
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2020 02:32:45
Message-Id: 5DE7CAB5-5062-40E0-8104-FFB39A7E75A8@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: */*: More Py2 stuff by Gordon Pettey
1 On July 28, 2020 9:57:44 PM EDT, Gordon Pettey <petteyg359@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >That dependency is only if USE="-gnuefi". sys-boot/gnu-efi has no
3 >Python
4 >dependency. Instead of masking/removing refind, remove the USE flag and
5 >force the gnu-efi dependency, or reverse the condition, add
6 >IUSE="tianocore", and mask that USE flag.
7 >
8 >On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 7:06 PM Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o> wrote:
9 >
10 >> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 04:55:57PM -0700, Matt Turner wrote:
11 >> > On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 4:17 PM Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
12 >wrote:
13 >> > > sys-boot/refind
14 >> >
15 >> > How did you conclude that this package depends on Python at all?
16 >> >
17 >>
18 >> Hi, Matt. It has a dependency on sys-boot/udk which was masked due to
19 >> using py2.7 only. Hope that helps.
20 >>
21 >> --
22 >> Cheers,
23 >> Aaron
24 >>
25
26 That is for the maintainer to decide. Hence, all the previous discussions surrounding this topic. It is a massive undertaking to remove py2.7 from the tree.
27
28 --
29 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: */*: More Py2 stuff "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: */*: More Py2 stuff Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>