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Bug 347896 - python-updater can't start due to /usr/bin/python3 is not valid symlink
Summary: python-updater can't start due to /usr/bin/python3 is not valid symlink
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Python Gentoo Team
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Depends on: 347639
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Reported: 2010-12-06 12:05 UTC by Lars Langhans
Modified: 2010-12-10 10:56 UTC (History)
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Description Lars Langhans 2010-12-06 12:05:14 UTC 
I try to update my machine, from a more than a year old gentoo system to a current system.

Lot of packages can't build because python3 has replaced by python3.1.

Also I can not start python-updater any more. Result is
'/usr/bin/python3' is not valid symlink

What a pitty!
# eselect python list
[1] python2.6 *
[2] python3.1

Why python-updater will take python3?
I've emerged python-updater also, but the same result.

Is there a simple way to force python-updater to use the right?

My way was to create a new /usr/bin/python3 symlink to python3.1 but I think this could be done automatically by python-updater.



Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-12-07 07:44:37 UTC 
dev-lang/python ebuilds call 'eselect python update ...' to create appropriate symlinks. There was a short period of time, when these ebuilds weren't calling these commands. Please manually set active version of Python 3 using 'eselect python update --python3' or reinstall =dev-lang/python-3*.