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On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:56:46 +0200, Gerrit Kuehn wrote: |
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> > > ~ # cat /etc/portage/package.use/py |
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> > > */* PYTHON_TARGETS: -* python3_9 python3_8 |
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> > > */* PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET: -* python3_9 |
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> > > --- |
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> > You should probably not mess with these variables until after your |
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> > system is 100% updated and consistent. And even then, probably not. |
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> > With our package manager written in python, you often need old python |
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> > stuff to build the new python stuff, and disabling the old python |
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> > stuff will throw a wrench into that. Even in situations where |
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> > technically some upgrade path exists, the complexity of the python |
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> > dependencies often means that the package manager will give up before |
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> > it finds the solution unless the solution is obvious. By tweaking |
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> > those variables, you make the solution less obvious to it. |
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> Well, this was the suggested way to go, see |
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> https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2021-05-05-python3-9.html |
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That news item is about going from 3.8 to 3.9, you are on 3.7. I'd try |
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removing the -* items are trying again. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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