On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 23:08 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > The safest course is run python-updater-0.2, unmerge python-2.3, > update > python-updater then run the new version. > > You shouldn't break too much by unmerging the old version before you > run > python-updater. A few things may not work, but portage will be fine. > As > with any important system package, quickpkg it before unmerging. > Except I don't think python-updator will know what the old version of python was so you might have to pass -o 2.3 or whatever.
What *I* would do, and the reason why I think you're having so the trouble, is that you skipped 2.4. I would go from 2.3 to 2.4, run python-updater, then go from 2.4 to 2.5 and run python-updater again. -a