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On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 11:17 -0400, Doug Hunley wrote: |
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> I noticed that my 'emerge world' wants to replace python 2.6.2 with |
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> python 3.1 (I run ~x86). |
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It doesn't "replace" 2.6.2. It's slotted. |
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> Is it safe to do so or will portage (and |
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> everything else) freak out? |
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I would think (hope) that the python maintainers were smart enough to |
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know whether installing Python 3 would break portage. Then again, this |
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is Gentoo ;-) |
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> If it is, in fact, safe are there any |
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> extra (special) steps needed to ensure continued operation of things? |
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> Thanks. |
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>From the ebuild's post-install: |
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WARNING! |
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Many Python modules haven't been ported yet to Python 3.*. |
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/usr/bin/python hasn't been updated and still references your |
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old Python installation. |
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