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menschmeier
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 Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 6:39 am Post subject: wicd & python 3.1 |
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Yesterday I did an update of python. In the update process I was adviced to use python 3.1 in stead 2.6. So I did an eselect python set python3.1.
But now I can not use my WLAN anymore. I tried to find out the reason, wicd ist started within a python script. I got this error:
| Code: | # /usr/sbin/wicd
File "/usr/share/wicd/daemon/wicd-daemon.py", line 122
print "--no-autoconnect detected, not autoconnecting..."
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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Here is the code snippet. I don't know python, but it doesn't look that bad. I do not understand why python 3.1 complains about the tailing ".
| Code: | 120 # Scan since we just got started
121 if not auto_connect:
122 print "--no-autoconnect detected, not autoconnecting..."
123 self.SetForcedDisconnect(True)
124 self.wireless_bus.Scan()
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After switching back to python 2.6 wicd is starting again.
These are the packages I have installed:
| Code: | # eix wicd
[I] net-misc/wicd
Available versions: 1.7.0 {X +gtk ioctl libnotify ncurses nls +pm-utils}
Installed versions: 1.7.0(10:36:50 PM 07/26/2010)(X gtk libnotify ncurses nls pm-utils -ioctl)
Homepage: http://wicd.sourceforge.net/
Description: A lightweight wired and wireless network manager for Linux
# eix dev-lang/python
[I] dev-lang/python
Available versions:
(2.4) 2.4.6
(2.5) 2.5.4-r4
(2.6) 2.6.4-r1 2.6.5-r2 2.6.5-r3
(2.7) [M]~2.7
(3.1) 3.1.2-r3 3.1.2-r4
{-berkdb bootstrap build +cxx doc elibc_uclibc examples gdbm ipv6 +ncurses +readline sqlite +ssl +threads tk +wide-unicode wininst +xml}
Installed versions: 2.6.5-r3(2.6)(06:51:30 PM 08/08/2010)(berkdb gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads wide-unicode xml -build -doc -elibc_uclibc -examples -sqlite -tk -wininst) 3.1.2-r4(3.1)(06:59:31 PM 08/08/2010)(gdbm ipv6 ncurses readline ssl threads wide-unicode xml -build -doc -elibc_uclibc -examples -sqlite -tk -wininst)
Homepage: http://www.python.org/
Description: Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.
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So what to to if I want to use python 3.1 per default and use wicd?
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cwr
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 8:16 am Post subject: |
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I don't think you can use Python >=3 as the default Python at the moment.
I think it breaks portage, apart from anything else. However, I've simply
masked it and not emerged it at all, so there might be someone with
better advice.
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V-Li
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:03 am Post subject: Re: wicd & python 3.1 |
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| menschmeier wrote: | | Yesterday I did an update of python. In the update process I was adviced to use python 3.1 in stead 2.6. So I did an eselect python set python3.1. |
Where did you read that? |
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menschmeier
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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OK, I read the ebuild again. It was was a misapprehension. Sorry. It was recommended to stay with python2:
| Code: | ewarn "WARNING!"
ewarn "Many Python modules have not been ported yet to Python 3.*."
ewarn "Python 3 has not been activated and Python wrapper is still configured to use Python 2."
ewarn "You can manually activate Python ${SLOT} using \`eselect python set python${SLOT}\`."
ewarn "It is recommended to currently have Python wrapper configured to use Python 2."
ewarn "Having Python wrapper configured to use Python 3 is unsupported."
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| Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Why are we forced to install python3 anyway? I have masked version 3, but shouldn't this be the other way, one who wants to play with python3 can unmask it. I doubt that you can use it with any app beside testing your own... |
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