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On Thursday 04 February 2010 12:14:52 Dale wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:06:54 -0600, Dale wrote: |
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> >> The bad thing is, since python is not a "system" package, it |
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> >> doesn't even save the last compiled binary |
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> >> in /usr/portage/packages/All/ if you only have buildsyspkg in |
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> >> make.conf. It does portage but not python. |
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> > That's because python is no longer an essential requirement of Gentoo. It |
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> > is a dependency of portage, but Gentoo now supports multiple package |
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> > managers, so portage is not required either. |
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> That's true but unmerging python still breaks portage. Talking about |
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> some other package manager doesn't affect portage and the fact that |
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> removing python breaks it. The facts still remain the same as before. |
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> Remove python and portage is broken. |
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How about a portage feature request? |
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The contents of @system can have dependencies. Put a setting in a conf file |
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which means the system uses portage, therefore python is in @system. |
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Without the setting, python does not get included in @system. |
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I have no idea how this would fly, it's just an idea off the top of my head |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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