On Saturday 23 May 2009 22:02:26 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 23 May 2009 06:59:10 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Hmmm, I think someone needs to rethink the system set then. After all, > > portage does not work well without python. It should keep a binary copy > > but it should also warn you if you are typing without your thinking cap > > on. > > Portage is not in system, only the virtual. That can be satisfied > by Paludis, which does not need Python.
Lucky for you, I know your sense of humour by now :-) Doesn't help portage users though, and portage is still the default package manager on Gentoo. I don't see that changing any time soon, if ever. Besides, unless you do it manually, you need portage to install paludis, right? Without python, you don't get paludis. Either way, it's a bug. portage supports inheriting multiple parent profiles. One approach would be to add a new collection of profiles in addition to the existing base/, default/ and targets/ - called say pkgmgr. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
