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From: Donnie Berkholz <dberkholz@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Packages for Python 2.3
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:27:11
Message-Id: 44F469B8.1000104@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Packages for Python 2.3 by Pupeno
1 Pupeno wrote:
2 > On Tuesday 29 August 2006 05:24, Donnie Berkholz wrote:
3 >> You may need to modify the ebuild. Try adding something like this near
4 >> the top:
5 >>
6 >> PYTHON_SLOT_VERSION="2.3"
7 >>
8 >> That's used by distutils.eclass, which mysql-python inherits.
9 >
10 > Ouch! Is that the only way ? modifying the ebuild and loosing it for Python
11 > 2.4 ?
12
13 Well you may not need to lose it for 2.4, if you also revision bump it.
14 Portage doesn't support simultaneously installing the same version
15 multiple times, that's why you need to change the revision number (or
16 the package name).
17
18 Thanks,
19 Donnie
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