Changeset 4343801

Timestamp:

04/28/2019 05:59:09 PM (5 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 9.0, 9.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

b290456

Parents:

2b007b6

Message:

Add a caution about updating pip2 in the Python2 page.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@21524 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• general/prog/python2.xml (modified) (4 diffs)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/prog/python2.xml

@@ -41 +41 @@
       compatibility with other dependent packages.
     </para>
+
+    <note>
+      <para>
+        Python2 has been deprecated by the upstream developers.  
+        Support for Python2 will be discontinued on January
+        1st, 2020.  
+      </para>
+        
+      <para> 
+        BLFS is attempting to use Python3 as much as possible, but some
+        packages have not been updated to support Python3.
+      </para>
+    </note>
+
 
     &lfs84_checked;
@@ -125 +139 @@
     <title>Installation of Python 2</title>
 
+    <caution>
+      <para>
+        If updating <application>pip2</application> with the command
+        <command>pip2 install --upgrade pip</command>, it will remove
+        <application>pip3</application> and the symlink
+        <application>pip</application> installed in LFS. To restore
+        <application>pip</application> and <application>pip3</application>,
+        run, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="nodump"><userinput>python3 -m pip install --force pip</userinput></screen>
+    </caution>
+
     <para>
       Install <application>Python 2</application> by running the following
@@ -235 +262 @@
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>
-          2to3, pydoc, python (symlink), python-config (symlink),
+          2to3, pip2, pydoc, python (symlink), python-config (symlink),
           python2 (symlink), python2-config (symlink),
           python&python2-majorver;, python&python2-majorver;-config,
@@ -270 +297 @@
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry id="pip2">
+        <term><command>pip2</command></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>
+            is the package manager for <application>Python 2.x</application>. 
+            It is used to automate management of
+            <application>Python 2.x</application> modules.
+          </para>
+          <indexterm zone="python2 pip2">
+            <primary sortas="b-pip2">pip2</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry id="idle">
         <term><command>idle</command></term>

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
       <para>April 28th, 2019</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Add a caution about updating pip2 in
+          the Python2 page. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;11998">#11998</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Update to qpdf-8.4.1. Fixes