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diff --git a/metadata/news/2013-11-07-python-exec-package-move/2013-11-07-python-exec-package-move.en.txt b/metadata/news/2013-11-07-python-exec-package-move/2013-11-07-python-exec-package-move.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3e5536f71458..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2013-11-07-python-exec-package-move/2013-11-07-python-exec-package-move.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ -Title: python-exec package move -Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2013-11-07 -Revision: 1 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 -Display-If-Installed: dev-python/python-exec - -Due to the recent issues which caused dev-python/python-exec:0 to be -removed prematurely [1], we had to perform an urgent package move. -Since we could not use the automatic updates support in portage, users -will notice two python-exec packages and possibly blockers. - -Currently, dev-lang/python-exec is the real package that contains -python-exec and that will be used in the future. dev-python/python-exec -is a virtual package that is kept for compatibility with dependencies -in already-installed packages. - -In the most favorable scenario, the package will be upgraded correctly -on your next world update if you use the '--deep' (-D) and '--update' -(-u) options. If you don't want to perform a complete world update -or if it fails for you, you may as well manually upgrade -dev-python/python-exec: - - emerge -1 dev-python/python-exec - -This will cause portage to update both python-exec packages and resolve -the blockers properly. - -Please note that if you have applied any kind of package-specific -modifications to dev-python/python-exec (such as applying keywords -through 'package.accept_keywords'), you will need to copy them to -dev-lang/python-exec as well. - -If you have applied keywords to dev-python/python-exec in order -to unmask Python 3.3 on a stable system, please consider removing -the keywords and reading our wiki page that explains how to properly -unmask USE flags [2]. - -We apologize for all the inconveniences. If you have any more issues -with python-exec, please do not hesitate to contact as at #gentoo-python -IRC channel (@freenode) or the gentoo-python@lists.gentoo.org mailing -list. - -[1]:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489440 -[2]:https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Unmasking_non-stable_Python_implementations |