On 2010/10/18 Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> wrote:
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Major python update
A major python update is hitting the repos on a mirror near you. This involves update the python package from the 2.6 series to the 2.7 series. However, with python-2.7 being scheduled to be the last major release in the python-2.x series, python 2.7 is now packaged as "python2", while the "python" package will contain the python 3.x series. This means that /usr/bin/python will point at python 3.x and any programs requiring python2 should point at /usr/bin/python2 instead. All packages in the repos have been updated, but any issues found can be reported to the bug tracker (not the forum or the mailing lists). Any AUR packages using python will likely need updated to point at the correct python binary.
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Comments?
We could add a note saying something like If you installed home-brewed packages in your system, you may find packages that need to be reinstalled by looking for those with files under /usr/lib/python2.6 or matching the regexp '^#!.*python$' -- Rémy