dev-lang/python-exec: Explain configuration upgrade in postinst

diff --git a/dev-lang/python-exec/python-exec-2.4.2.ebuild b/dev-lang/python-exec/python-exec-2.4.2.ebuild
index 121f31e7587c84e42b65cc0ece0a97466d0b0a40..93ca528d489eb43212a2e4db4190239ac331ee0c 100644 (file)
--- a/dev-lang/python-exec/python-exec-2.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/python-exec/python-exec-2.4.2.ebuild
@@ -103,7 +103,28 @@ pkg_preinst() {
                done
 
                if [[ ${old_pythons[@]} ]]; then
-                       einfo "Keeping the following Python preference: ${old_pythons[*]}"
+                       elog "You seem to have just upgraded into the new version of python-exec"
+                       elog "that uses python-exec.conf for configuration. The ebuild has attempted"
+                       elog "to convert your previous configuration to the new format, resulting"
+                       elog "in the following preferences (most preferred version first):"
+                       elog
+                       for py in "${old_pythons[@]}"; do
+                               elog "  ${py}"
+                       done
+                       elog
+                       elog "Those interpreters will be preferred when running Python scripts or"
+                       elog "calling wrapped Python executables (python, python2, pydoc...)."
+                       elog "If none of the preferred interpreters are supported, python-exec will"
+                       elog "fall back to the newest supported Python version."
+                       elog
+                       elog "Please note that due to the ambiguous character of the old settings,"
+                       elog "you may want to modify the preference list yourself. In order to do so,"
+                       elog "open the following file in your favorite editor:"
+                       elog
+                       elog "  ${EROOT}etc/python-exec/python-exec.conf"
+                       elog
+                       elog "For more information on the new configuration format, please read"
+                       elog "the comment on top of the installed configuration file."
 
                        local IFS=$'\n'
                        echo "${old_pythons[*]}" \

diff --git a/dev-lang/python-exec/python-exec-9999.ebuild b/dev-lang/python-exec/python-exec-9999.ebuild
index b835c894838dd45e8bec563ff35db9c0d2e3444d..574412546bddcb1d4431101b05e9198ec375c91f 100644 (file)
--- a/dev-lang/python-exec/python-exec-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/python-exec/python-exec-9999.ebuild
@@ -118,7 +118,28 @@ pkg_preinst() {
                done
 
                if [[ ${old_pythons[@]} ]]; then
-                       einfo "Keeping the following Python preference: ${old_pythons[*]}"
+                       elog "You seem to have just upgraded into the new version of python-exec"
+                       elog "that uses python-exec.conf for configuration. The ebuild has attempted"
+                       elog "to convert your previous configuration to the new format, resulting"
+                       elog "in the following preferences (most preferred version first):"
+                       elog
+                       for py in "${old_pythons[@]}"; do
+                               elog "  ${py}"
+                       done
+                       elog
+                       elog "Those interpreters will be preferred when running Python scripts or"
+                       elog "calling wrapped Python executables (python, python2, pydoc...)."
+                       elog "If none of the preferred interpreters are supported, python-exec will"
+                       elog "fall back to the newest supported Python version."
+                       elog
+                       elog "Please note that due to the ambiguous character of the old settings,"
+                       elog "you may want to modify the preference list yourself. In order to do so,"
+                       elog "open the following file in your favorite editor:"
+                       elog
+                       elog "  ${EROOT}etc/python-exec/python-exec.conf"
+                       elog
+                       elog "For more information on the new configuration format, please read"
+                       elog "the comment on top of the installed configuration file."
 
                        local IFS=$'\n'
                        echo "${old_pythons[*]}" \