Re: [gentoo-user] Samba wants to downgrade my python....

[Andrew Lowe]

On 09/16/12 19:19, Randolph Maaßen wrote:
> On Sep 16, 2012 1:05 PM, "Andrew Lowe" <agl@×××××××.au
> <mailto:agl@×××××××.au>> wrote:
>  >
>  > Hi all,
>  >         I've got a media server that I'm in the process of installing
> Samba on. When I do:
>  >
>  > emerge -NuD --pretend samba
>  >
>  > I get a list of stuff that portage wants to install, including
> Python, V2.7.3, even though the machine already has V3.2.3 installed.
> I've also stripped down the USE variables to basically "server" and
> that's all and still for some reason portage wants to bring in Python -
> the older version, V2. I've even added a "-python" to packages.use and
> it still wants python, V2. I've had a look at the USE variables for the
> packages that follow Python in the emerge list and they either don't
> want python or already have "-python" set.
>  >
>  >         Having a play around with equery also didn't reveal anything.
> Does anyone have any ideas as to what's causing old Python to be brought
> in? I haven't posted the whole "emerge --info" stuff yet as hopefully
> someone has come across this problem before.
>  >
>  >         Any thoughts greatly appreciated,
>  >
>  >                 Andrew
>  >
>
> Hi, when you are dealing with python always remember that the API has
> changed between version 2 and 3 so python 3 can't handle python 2 scripts.
>
> So what I think emerge is doing here is installing python 2.7 beside 3.2.
>
> When you add the verbose flag to the emerge command, you will probably
> see something like [ NS ] or [ uS ] at the beginning of the python line.
> The S stands for new slot, so both version will be installedbecause
> samba or one of it's dependency is using python 2 scripts.

Randolph,
	You have guessed correctly, I get NS. But to me, the question is why do 
I even need python at all for something that is a file sharing daemon? 
I've turned off CUPS etc etc, I just want file sharing to the M$ world, 
not all the other fluff. I suppose I'll have to have a look at the 
ebuild to try and work out why this thingy wants Python, any python, in 
the first place.

	Andrew