On Sat, 23 May 2009 04:55:04 -0300 Jorge Morais <please.no.spam.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Couldn't he have emerged python by invoking > ebuild /usr/port/usr/portage/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.2.ebuild merge > ? > This would do everyting correctly. > And wouldn't it work without Python, since it is written in Bash? > AFAIK, what needs Python is the high level interface to the portage > system, while the low-level interface only needs Bash (but I'm > totally not sure). Please forget this stupidity. The ebuild command is written in Python, not Bash (should have written the email with less haste) > > And finally, couldn't he have gotten a binary package from > http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/default-linux/x86/dev-lang/ > ? But this point still stands.
