Re: [gentoo-user] eselect python cleanup

[Mick]

On Monday, 25 March 2019 09:04:16 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Mar 2019 08:50:09 +0000, Mick wrote:
> > In my system I also only have 2.7 and 3.6 installed:
> >
> > $ eselect python list
> >
> > Available Python interpreters, in order of preference:
> >   [1]   python3.6
> >   [2]   python2.7 (fallback)
> >
> > However, python-exec.conf only contains 3.6 ... from what you're saying
> > it should contain both?  Or are they both present only if you have not
> > set up a python version with eselect? (I have set python3.6).
>
> I'm not saying what should be, only what mine is.
>
> % eselect python list
> Available Python interpreters, in order of preference:
>   [1]   python2.7
>   [2]   python3.6 (fallback)
>
> I set python2.7 as the default because some older python scripts are for
> python2 but don't specify the version in the shebang. I suspect you are
> right but you could try setting the default to 2.7 and then back to 3.6
> to see if that changes the file.

Yes, you right.  I set 2.7 and both 2.7 & 3.6 are now stored in python-
exec.conf.
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Regards,
Mick