Re: [gentoo-user] eselect python cleanup

[Mick]

On Sunday, 24 March 2019 22:23:40 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 17:04:25 -0400, allan gottlieb wrote:
> > >> > Am I correct in believing that I should now execute
> > >> >
> > >> >    eselect python cleanup
> > >>
> > >> I just ran into the same problem, and that solution seems to have
> > >> worked for me.
> > >
> > > It worked for me, but only after I ran it twice. This was
> > > reproducible on several systems.
> >
> > It worked for me running only once on each of two systems.
> > By worked I mean the error msg
> >
> >     python-exec: Invalid impl in /etc/python-exec/python-exec.conf:
> > python3.4
> >
> > stopped appearing on my "emerge update world" commands.  Perhaps you
> > Neil tested further for failure and Jack and I should as well.
>
> No, I tested exactly the same:
>
> emerge world gives warning
> run eselect python cleanup
> emerge world gives warning
> run eselect python cleanup
> emerge world gives no warning
>
> I should have examined /etc/python-exec/python-exec.conf beforehand,
> maybe it included two mentions of python3.4.

In my case /etc/python-exec/python-exec.conf included python 3.4 and 3.5, 
while 'eselect python list' showed them as "(uninstalled)".  After running 
'eselect python cleanup' only 3.6 is shown now in python-exec.conf, although 
python list also shows 2.7 as a fallback.

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Regards,
Mick