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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [PATCH python-utils-r1 3/4] Ban calling pythonY and pythonY-config when pythonX
From:       Michał Górny <mgorny () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2015-07-26 21:46:44
Message-ID: 20150726234644.17a4a8e8 () pomiot
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Dnia 2015-07-26, o godz. 11:14:50
Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> napisał(a):

> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 6:37 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Ban calling python3{,-config} when python2 is used, and the other way
> > around. While this will not prevent configure scripts from finding the
> > other Python version, it will cause them to fail eventually trying to
> > use it. Currently those attempt were able to pass through thanks to
> > python-config providing python{2,3} symlinks.
> 
> Do you anticipate this will break existing ebuilds then? It probably
> makes sense, I just want to be prepared for any backlash or mass of
> bugs.

Yes, I suspect a few ebuilds can break. However, I've tinderboxed this
against @world and gnome3, and all worked fine. So maybe it's not as
bad as I thought and only a few rarely used ebuilds will break :).

-- 
Best regards,
Michał Górny
<http://dev.gentoo.org/~mgorny/>

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