Summary: | dev-python/pygobject-2.14.12 error stops build | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Jonathan Hayward <jonathan.hayward> |
Component: | [OLD] Core system | Assignee: | Gentoo Linux Gnome Desktop Team <gnome> |
Status: | RESOLVED NEEDINFO | ||
Severity: | normal | ||
Priority: | High | ||
Version: | 2008.0 | ||
Hardware: | x86 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- |
Description
Jonathan Hayward
2008-12-23 01:05:03 UTC
!!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: !!! /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pygobject-2.14.2/work/pygobject-2.14.2/config.log having an eselected python doesn't work well with gnome related packages and it is advised in the upgrade guides that avoid having multiple python installations at all unless you really need it and know what you do. (In reply to comment #1) > !!! Please attach the following file when seeking support: > !!! > /var/tmp/portage/dev-python/pygobject-2.14.2/work/pygobject-2.14.2/config.log > > having an eselected python doesn't work well with gnome related packages and it > is advised in the upgrade guides that avoid having multiple python > installations at all unless you really need it and know what you do. > I need Python 2.4 because some of the software I have hasn't worked on Python 2.5 yet. Is there a safe way to temporarily or permanently undo the eselect (unmerge Python 2.5 and eselect-python) and only run 2.4, or is it messier than that, i.e. if I want Python 2.4 installed, Gnome will be tricky? (logfile forthcoming; I don't have access to it from here.) You can use multiple pythons as long as you always have the latest (2.5 in this case) selected when you emerge gnome apps. I'm not sure about downgrading. I suspect it's not well tested, and will probably fail. It may be worth a shot, however, if there's no other choice. still waiting for a log. As dang said though, you may keep multitple pythons but don't expect gnome to work well if you migrated some packages but not all to a specific python version. gnome packages tend to only pack the most recent that it knows about too whatever eselect says. |