Re: [gentoo-user] Problem with python-updater ?

[Roman Zilka]

Jacques Montier (Fri, 25 Mar 2011 17:17:41 +0100):
> Hi all,
>
> I upgraded python2.6 to python2.7,
> then i run eselect python set python2.7,
> then python-updater.
>
> Here is the python-updater output :
>
> * Starting Python Updater...
>  * Main active version of Python:  2.7
>  * Active version of Python 2:     2.7
>  * Active version of Python 3:     3.1
>  *   Adding to list: app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-baselibs:0
>  *   Adding to list: app-emulation/virtualbox-bin:0
>  *   Adding to list: app-office/libreoffice-bin:0
>  *   Adding to list: dev-libs/boost:1.42
>  *     check: manual [Added to list manually, see CHECKS in manpage for
> more information.]
>  *   Adding to list: sys-libs/tdb:0
>  *   Adding to list: x11-libs/vte:0
>  *     check: manual [Added to list manually, see CHECKS in manpage for
> more information.]
>  * emerge -Dv1 --keep-going app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-baselibs:0
> app-emulation/virtualbox-bin:0 app-office/libreoffice-bin:0
> dev-libs/boost:1.42 sys-libs/tdb:0 x11-libs/vte:0
> ...............................
> Ok, everything emerge fine.
>
> If i run python-updater again, then i get exactly the same output as
> before (emerging emul-linux-x86-baselibs:0, BOOST:1.42, etc...)
>
> What's wrong ??

According to the list of checks python-updater performs it's indeed
weird that it's happening. But maybe python-updater has some
undocumented, hidden intelligence.:) If you run emerge or something
written in python, do you see (in the process
listing) /usr/bin/python2.7 being the interpreter in action? If so, try
moving away /usr/lib/python2.6 and /usr/bin/python2.6 (just moving
away, not deleting). Does still everything run? Then I believe you can
safely get rid of python 2.6 and python-updater will probably stop
trying to re-emerge everything.

-rz