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On 09/16/12 19:53, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:32:11 +0800, Andrew Lowe wrote: |
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>> I suppose I'll have to have a look at the |
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>> ebuild to try and work out why this thingy wants Python, any python, in |
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>> the first place. |
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> Portage is written in Python, which raises the question of why you didn't |
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> have python:2 installed in the first place. The samba ebuild doesn't |
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> include a dependency on python, so you'll need to do and emerge -t to see |
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> which packages do pull it in, but I suspect it is required by an eclass |
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> inherited by one of the ebuilds. |
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> If so, Samba itself does not need Python to do it's job, but portage |
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> needs Python in order to install Samba. that would make it a build |
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> dependency which could be uninstalled after Samba was merged, but I'd be |
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> nervous about removing Python from any Gentoo system that uses portage. |
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Neil, |
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Looks like you've hit the nail on the head. The media machine has just |
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had a new install of Gentoo done and according to "eselect python list", |
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I only have V3.2. Nothing has been removed, just a few things added so |
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it looks like the default "install" only does V3.2. Looks like I'll have |
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to put up with it, the compile time on the little machine is a killer, |
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and let the install happen. |
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Thanks for the feedback everyone, |
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Andrew |
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