Bug 1217

Summary:	pkg-clean unmerges spython
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	phoen][x <fisi.tilman.klar>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Karl Trygve Kalleberg (RETIRED) <karltk>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	major
Priority:	High
Version:	1.0 RC6 r14
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description phoen][x 2002-03-18 09:30:16 UTC

i ran pkg-clean a minute ago and it asked me if i wanted to unmerge 
spython. i looked at the screen and saw 2 merged packages of spython, so i 
chose the older one and unmerged it. the next thing i can remember was a 
dying portage "/usr/bin/env: spython: No such file or directory". i 
realized that i would be unable to do anything w/o spython (linking 
/usr/bin/python to /usr/bin/spython didnt help too: "ImportError: No module 
named portage"). so i asked seemant if he could send me a binary so that i 
am unable to remerge the spython package.

lets see if that works.
-phoen][x-

Comment 1 phoen][x 2002-03-18 09:56:21 UTC

installing the binary package and remerging spython did work. 
i for myself wont touch pkg-clean anymore - its way too dangerous.

-phoen][x-

Comment 2 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-03-18 21:29:16 UTC

Karl, this is mainly informational... feel free to mark it as whatever.

Comment 3 phoen][x 2002-03-19 04:52:21 UTC

in case you need to know more, ask me on irc (or ask in here) 
i'm sure that i can reproduce it

-phoen][x-

Comment 4 Karl Trygve Kalleberg (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-03-19 11:29:23 UTC

This is a known feature, not really a bug.