Coexistence of Python 2 and 3

[navigium]

Warning: This is probably a noob question, I just replaced Debian on my Desktop with Funtoo...

 

Now I try to allow Python 2 and 3 to coexist peacefully. The main problem are the python_single_target_pythonX_X use flags. A lot of packages need exactly one of them specified. But some require Python 2 and some Python 3.

 

In /etc/portage/make.conf  I specified

PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_4"
PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_4"

If I add python2_7 as single target, some ebuilds start complaining about needing exacly one of the two but not both specified. But if I don't add python2_7, ebuilds that depend on Python 2 won't build. The only solution I found was to specify the use flag for every single application in /etc/portage/package.use like this:

app-office/libreoffice python_single_target_python2_7

But that's a lot of lines to add to that file and I figured there has to be a easier way to do this. I tried to find some documentation about Python on Gentoo but wasn't lucky.

 

When I try to install ports that depend on Python 2 or when I try to do a 'emerge -uND @world' I get this error:

The following REQUIRED_USE flag constraints are unsatisfied:
    python_single_target_python2_7

Thank you,

 

Beni

 

[sputnik]

I have those flags, but as drobbins says, I believe they are only a gentoo thing, not needed here and I should remove them.  But zero issues because of them.

I think it's likely you need to do python-updater, painless and at the very least you'll rule out any problem there.

[drobbins]

Hi Beni,

 

It's my understanding that you should not need to mess with those USE flags at all. By default, Funtoo will have python2 and python3 available.

 

Let's back up -- can you describe the original issue you had with having python2 and 3 co-existing peacefully?

 

-Daniel

[navigium]

Thanks @Mike! I removed these use flags, ran python-updater and did a 'emerge -uND @world' and everything seems to work now. I don't really know why I set those USE flags in the first place.