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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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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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