diff --git a/dev-lang/python/Manifest b/dev-lang/python/Manifest
deleted file mode 100644
index 4bc4ab945..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/Manifest
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-AUX pydoc.conf 330 RMD160 0cd619ec251597e0fcadc05bfd249915e73baa17 SHA1 a56100d45378c554b9822f6ed512a6cb7841ef50 SHA256 a45ebba2de5f2b0e963db4101507203d095c5ff667ae5002c4897a9c87786fa1
-AUX pydoc.init 666 RMD160 11caf3a78bce4cdaebacaf21eaf26cc1ce30282e SHA1 88c5cb6d5bf737c74e1be93118cf157630af9ad7 SHA256 0d25c71232b74adb87dc709cc7cd8f8b13c452c0fe82fa33808f907f7a96d628
-AUX python-2.4.4-test-cross.patch 977 RMD160 8fdcd45dc202993988f7a1c2b3d918068883b99e SHA1 96f25777150ba05765282a43f08da6b6fab3cb73 SHA256 ff2a131776d560d188ec5069e17fea3eb09c26fdd02124ae5ff34d791c9fd9f6
-AUX python-2.5-cross-printf.patch 903 RMD160 8dc0ee148120aaf7667624bdb5574bb6af5d2a00 SHA1 596e05be8cde43e4cdd87c8ed06ebb40828f7cea SHA256 1e91e5123d74d89aa8fc9dc60d98516b785f851e43da9b634ae535130e24e780
-AUX python-2.6-chflags-cross.patch 1716 RMD160 b0ec772a41a24d51f4c7430b19bcc6251cd6be87 SHA1 4745cd53cef503c41c50573ad97f40eb89fd4bcd SHA256 7c36689db47720052069725036983c2fb6959f425e3777aae55976b2788d463f
-AUX python-2.6-test-cross.patch 914 RMD160 1f421b5565d39a24b887e85cbecaf3857741f756 SHA1 9c05fbe28aac6373f24317db5c277bc4549dde0c SHA256 8264f6ffe5aedcce67bea00b0346e5416a5486da2229bf82fe748d87ec65c4de
-AUX python-2.6.4-snooze-thread-exit-warnings.patch 5355 RMD160 0a9974a2991e94d1e0af7d1e45651748b9a0a2f2 SHA1 acc870014662869583ef919fb3cffc2108896dbc SHA256 d5f6656152a89b550dcdddf2d00f207e8bca178a329e3594169b910a614fe0ce
-AUX python-config-2.4-r1 1624 RMD160 e4e6893c9e8414289c0c70c0f4be58835911e376 SHA1 addf9a6eb81e636364264a6abb3d96f01ea0cf90 SHA256 923a9e896f99cca5aa4ccbb02f981c6e26a2b1aa42326de2359d3c884bde2a9f
-DIST Python-2.6.4.tar.bz2 11249486 RMD160 fd33853842110fa3636dd296f2f27646fd2b151a SHA1 bee572680d1966501247cb2b26e0e51f94d1cd13 SHA256 dad8d5575144a210d5cc4fdbc40b8a26386e9cdb1ef58941bec0be02c7cb9d89
-DIST python-gentoo-patches-2.6.4-r1.tar.bz2 12570 RMD160 2a58eb651ce5adc68c4667fb0ddc42cc215ea342 SHA1 c5de0442890bc0753c445a88390d932e629c8648 SHA256 2fe6c8838df2c07d3232ebb26c128dab2787c43a76ddb0b55acec1bed657f9f2
-EBUILD python-2.6.4-r1.ebuild 9796 RMD160 abdaf87e6eba7ec1a2f01ece6c941939a271e95e SHA1 87018c1f429415b9b9b1a52c79acb09215ca0a0d SHA256 3fac3de442417293d47739ea446bdc568c7886a570798c51d7e1c1b5cd559c94
-MISC Reasons 183 RMD160 14e9147180c352b7f86b2d9087a5a8b9b9a334e6 SHA1 96710bd1723d3f15d2ac185fe71d80a81cf33368 SHA256 33de32e64198539ce868a71e3a3c031896f31aedabdeb48ecf9b936ae49d94f4
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/Reasons b/dev-lang/python/Reasons
deleted file mode 100644
index bf6a7555d..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/Reasons
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Fabio Erculiani <lxnay@sabayon.org>
-- apply a patch to 2.6.4 (2.6.5 has it already) to snooze bogus
-  "exception on exit" warnings coming from threads during interpreter
-  shutdown
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/files/pydoc.conf b/dev-lang/python/files/pydoc.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a98fd40e..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/files/pydoc.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# /etc/init.d/pydoc.conf
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-lang/python/files/pydoc.conf,v 1.2 2008/06/30 15:10:28 hawking Exp $
-
-# This file contains the configuration information for pydoc's internal
-# webserver.  The variables should be rather self explanatory :-)
-
-# Default port for Python's pydoc server
-PYDOC_PORT=7464
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/files/pydoc.init b/dev-lang/python/files/pydoc.init
deleted file mode 100755
index 19b63e31d..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/files/pydoc.init
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#!/sbin/runscript
-# Copyright 1999-2008 Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-lang/python/files/pydoc.init,v 1.2 2008/06/30 15:10:28 hawking Exp $
-
-depend() {
-	need net
-}
-
-start() {
-	if [ -z $PYDOC_PORT ] ; then
-		eerror "Port not set"
-		return 1
-	fi
-	ebegin "Starting pydoc server on port $PYDOC_PORT" 
-	start-stop-daemon --start --background --make-pidfile \
-			  --pidfile /var/run/pydoc.pid \
-			  --startas /usr/bin/pydoc -- -p $PYDOC_PORT
-	eend $?
-}
-
-stop() {
-	ebegin "Stopping pydoc server"
-	start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile /var/run/pydoc.pid
-	eend $?
-}
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.4.4-test-cross.patch b/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.4.4-test-cross.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d32cb3ff4..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.4.4-test-cross.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- Python-2.4.4/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py.orig	2007-09-10 14:52:34.424592960 -0400
-+++ Python-2.4.4/Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py	2007-09-10 14:53:30.646201491 -0400
-@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ class Test_ISO2022(unittest.TestCase):
-         uni = u':hu4:unit\xe9 de famille'
-         self.assertEqual(iso2022jp2.decode('iso2022-jp-2'), uni)
- 
--    def test_iso2022_jp_g0(self):
--        self.failIf('\x0e' in u'\N{SOFT HYPHEN}'.encode('iso-2022-jp-2'))
--        for encoding in ('iso-2022-jp-2004', 'iso-2022-jp-3'):
--            e = u'\u3406'.encode(encoding)
--            self.failIf(filter(lambda x: x >= '\x80', e))
-+#    def test_iso2022_jp_g0(self):
-+#        self.failIf('\x0e' in u'\N{SOFT HYPHEN}'.encode('iso-2022-jp-2'))
-+#        for encoding in ('iso-2022-jp-2004', 'iso-2022-jp-3'):
-+#            e = u'\u3406'.encode(encoding)
-+#            self.failIf(filter(lambda x: x >= '\x80', e))
- 
-     def test_bug1572832(self):
-         if sys.maxunicode >= 0x10000:
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.5-cross-printf.patch b/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.5-cross-printf.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a3eaf710..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.5-cross-printf.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-http://bugs.gentoo.org/239110
-
-assume %zd is supported when cross-compiling.  any target we care about
-supports it, so ...
-
---- configure.in
-+++ configure.in
-@@ -3417,7 +3417,7 @@
- 					   
- 
- 
--AC_MSG_CHECKING(for %zd printf() format support)
-+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for %zd printf() format support], [py_cv_has_zd_printf], [dnl
- AC_TRY_RUN([#include <stdio.h>
- #include <stddef.h>
- #include <string.h>
-@@ -3451,10 +3451,13 @@
- 	return 1;
- 
-     return 0;
--}],
--[AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-- AC_DEFINE(PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T, "z", [Define to printf format modifier for Py_ssize_t])],
-- AC_MSG_RESULT(no))
-+}], [py_cv_has_zd_printf="yes"],
-+    [py_cv_has_zd_printf="no"],
-+    [py_cv_has_zd_printf="cross -- assuming yes"]
-+)])
-+if test "$py_cv_has_zd_printf" != "no" ; then
-+  AC_DEFINE(PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T, "z", [Define to printf format modifier for Py_ssize_t])
-+fi
- 
- AC_CHECK_TYPE(socklen_t,,
-   AC_DEFINE(socklen_t,int,
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.6-chflags-cross.patch b/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.6-chflags-cross.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c4b6d2ac..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.6-chflags-cross.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-if we're cross-compiling, fall back to a link-only test rather than trying
-to run a program for the chflags functions
-
---- python-2.6/configure.in
-+++ python-2.6/configure.in
-@@ -2565,7 +2565,7 @@
- 
- # On Tru64, chflags seems to be present, but calling it will
- # exit Python
--AC_MSG_CHECKING(for chflags)
-+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for chflags], [py_cv_has_chflags], [dnl
- AC_TRY_RUN([
- #include <sys/stat.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
-@@ -2575,12 +2575,18 @@
-     return 1;
-   return 0;
- }
--],AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CHFLAGS, 1, Define to 1 if you have the `chflags' function.)
--  AC_MSG_RESULT(yes),
--  AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
--)
-+], [py_cv_has_chflags="yes"],
-+   [py_cv_has_chflags="no"],
-+   [py_cv_has_chflags="cross"])
-+])
-+if test "$py_cv_has_chflags" = "cross" ; then
-+  AC_CHECK_FUNC([chflags], [py_cv_has_chflags="yes"], [py_cv_has_chflags="no"])
-+fi
-+if test "$py_cv_has_chflags" = "yes" ; then
-+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_CHFLAGS, 1, Define to 1 if you have the `chflags' function.)
-+fi
- 
--AC_MSG_CHECKING(for lchflags)
-+AC_CACHE_CHECK([for lchflags], [py_cv_has_lchflags], [dnl
- AC_TRY_RUN([
- #include <sys/stat.h>
- #include <unistd.h>
-@@ -2590,10 +2596,16 @@
-     return 1;
-   return 0;
- }
--],AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LCHFLAGS, 1, Define to 1 if you have the `lchflags' function.)
--  AC_MSG_RESULT(yes),
--  AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
--)
-+], [py_cv_has_lchflags="yes"],
-+   [py_cv_has_lchflags="no"],
-+   [py_cv_has_lchflags="cross"])
-+])
-+if test "$py_cv_has_lchflags" = "cross" ; then
-+  AC_CHECK_FUNC([lchflags], [py_cv_has_lchflags="yes"], [py_cv_has_lchflags="no"])
-+fi
-+if test "$py_cv_has_lchflags" = "yes" ; then
-+  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LCHFLAGS, 1, Define to 1 if you have the `lchflags' function.)
-+fi
- 
- dnl Check if system zlib has *Copy() functions
- dnl
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.6-test-cross.patch b/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.6-test-cross.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ff41939a..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.6-test-cross.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
---- Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py.orig	2008-04-19 18:48:59.000000000 +0300
-+++ Lib/test/test_multibytecodec.py	2008-04-19 18:49:44.000000000 +0300
-@@ -212,11 +212,11 @@
-         uni = u':hu4:unit\xe9 de famille'
-         self.assertEqual(iso2022jp2.decode('iso2022-jp-2'), uni)
- 
--    def test_iso2022_jp_g0(self):
--        self.failIf('\x0e' in u'\N{SOFT HYPHEN}'.encode('iso-2022-jp-2'))
--        for encoding in ('iso-2022-jp-2004', 'iso-2022-jp-3'):
--            e = u'\u3406'.encode(encoding)
--            self.failIf(filter(lambda x: x >= '\x80', e))
-+    #def test_iso2022_jp_g0(self):
-+    #    self.failIf('\x0e' in u'\N{SOFT HYPHEN}'.encode('iso-2022-jp-2'))
-+    #    for encoding in ('iso-2022-jp-2004', 'iso-2022-jp-3'):
-+    #        e = u'\u3406'.encode(encoding)
-+    #        self.failIf(filter(lambda x: x >= '\x80', e))
- 
-     def test_bug1572832(self):
-         if sys.maxunicode >= 0x10000:
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.6.4-snooze-thread-exit-warnings.patch b/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.6.4-snooze-thread-exit-warnings.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 6909092d8..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/files/python-2.6.4-snooze-thread-exit-warnings.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,184 +0,0 @@
-Index: Python/pythonrun.c
-===================================================================
---- Python/pythonrun.c	(revisione 75748)
-+++ Python/pythonrun.c	(revisione 75749)
-@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
- #include "ast.h"
- #include "eval.h"
- #include "marshal.h"
-+#include "abstract.h"
- 
- #ifdef HAVE_SIGNAL_H
- #include <signal.h>
-@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
- 			      PyCompilerFlags *);
- static void err_input(perrdetail *);
- static void initsigs(void);
-+static void wait_for_thread_shutdown(void);
- static void call_sys_exitfunc(void);
- static void call_ll_exitfuncs(void);
- extern void _PyUnicode_Init(void);
-@@ -387,6 +389,8 @@
- 	if (!initialized)
- 		return;
- 
-+	wait_for_thread_shutdown();
-+
- 	/* The interpreter is still entirely intact at this point, and the
- 	 * exit funcs may be relying on that.  In particular, if some thread
- 	 * or exit func is still waiting to do an import, the import machinery
-@@ -1663,6 +1667,32 @@
- #include "pythread.h"
- #endif
- 
-+/* Wait until threading._shutdown completes, provided
-+   the threading module was imported in the first place.
-+   The shutdown routine will wait until all non-daemon
-+   "threading" threads have completed. */
-+static void
-+wait_for_thread_shutdown(void)
-+{
-+#ifdef WITH_THREAD
-+	PyObject *result;
-+	PyThreadState *tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
-+	PyObject *threading = PyMapping_GetItemString(tstate->interp->modules,
-+						      "threading");
-+	if (threading == NULL) {
-+		/* threading not imported */
-+		PyErr_Clear();
-+		return;
-+	}
-+	result = PyObject_CallMethod(threading, "_shutdown", "");
-+	if (result == NULL)
-+		PyErr_WriteUnraisable(threading);
-+	else
-+		Py_DECREF(result);
-+	Py_DECREF(threading);
-+#endif
-+}
-+
- #define NEXITFUNCS 32
- static void (*exitfuncs[NEXITFUNCS])(void);
- static int nexitfuncs = 0;
-Index: Misc/NEWS
-===================================================================
---- Misc/NEWS	(revisione 75748)
-+++ Misc/NEWS	(revisione 75749)
-@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@
- 
- (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
- 
-+What's New in Python 2.6.5
-+==========================
-+
-+*Release date: XX-XXX-20XX*
-+
-+Core and Builtins
-+-----------------
-+
-+- Issue #1722344: threading._shutdown() is now called in Py_Finalize(), which
-+  fixes the problem of some exceptions being thrown at shutdown when the
-+  interpreter is killed. Patch by Adam Olsen.
-+
-+Library
-+-------
-+
-+
- What's New in Python 2.6.4 final?
- =================================
- 
-Index: Misc/ACKS
-===================================================================
---- Misc/ACKS	(revisione 75748)
-+++ Misc/ACKS	(revisione 75749)
-@@ -517,6 +517,7 @@
- Tim O'Malley
- Pascal Oberndoerfer
- Jeffrey Ollie
-+Adam Olsen
- Grant Olson
- Piet van Oostrum
- Jason Orendorff
-Index: Lib/test/test_threading.py
-===================================================================
---- Lib/test/test_threading.py	(revisione 75748)
-+++ Lib/test/test_threading.py	(revisione 75749)
-@@ -284,7 +284,31 @@
-         self.failIf(rc == 2, "interpreted was blocked")
-         self.failUnless(rc == 0, "Unexpected error")
- 
-+    def test_join_nondaemon_on_shutdown(self):
-+        # Issue 1722344
-+        # Raising SystemExit skipped threading._shutdown
-+        import subprocess
-+        p = subprocess.Popen([sys.executable, "-c", """if 1:
-+                import threading
-+                from time import sleep
- 
-+                def child():
-+                    sleep(1)
-+                    # As a non-daemon thread we SHOULD wake up and nothing
-+                    # should be torn down yet
-+                    print "Woke up, sleep function is:", sleep
-+
-+                threading.Thread(target=child).start()
-+                raise SystemExit
-+            """],
-+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
-+        stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
-+        self.assertEqual(stdout.strip(),
-+            "Woke up, sleep function is: <built-in function sleep>")
-+        stderr = re.sub(r"^\[\d+ refs\]", "", stderr, re.MULTILINE).strip()
-+        self.assertEqual(stderr, "")
-+
-     def test_enumerate_after_join(self):
-         # Try hard to trigger #1703448: a thread is still returned in
-         # threading.enumerate() after it has been join()ed.
-Index: Modules/main.c
-===================================================================
---- Modules/main.c	(revisione 75748)
-+++ Modules/main.c	(revisione 75749)
-@@ -222,33 +222,6 @@
- }
- 
- 
--/* Wait until threading._shutdown completes, provided
--   the threading module was imported in the first place.
--   The shutdown routine will wait until all non-daemon
--   "threading" threads have completed. */
--#include "abstract.h"
--static void
--WaitForThreadShutdown(void)
--{
--#ifdef WITH_THREAD
--	PyObject *result;
--	PyThreadState *tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
--	PyObject *threading = PyMapping_GetItemString(tstate->interp->modules,
--						      "threading");
--	if (threading == NULL) {
--		/* threading not imported */
--		PyErr_Clear();
--		return;
--	}
--	result = PyObject_CallMethod(threading, "_shutdown", "");
--	if (result == NULL)
--		PyErr_WriteUnraisable(threading);
--	else
--		Py_DECREF(result);
--	Py_DECREF(threading);
--#endif
--}
--
- /* Main program */
- 
- int
-@@ -620,8 +593,6 @@
- 		sts = PyRun_AnyFileFlags(stdin, "<stdin>", &cf) != 0;
- 	}
- 
--	WaitForThreadShutdown();
--
- 	Py_Finalize();
- #ifdef RISCOS
- 	if (Py_RISCOSWimpFlag)
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/files/python-config-2.4-r1 b/dev-lang/python/files/python-config-2.4-r1
deleted file mode 100644
index af451131c..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/files/python-config-2.4-r1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/python2.4
-
-import sys
-import os
-import getopt
-from distutils import sysconfig
-
-valid_opts = ['prefix', 'exec-prefix', 'includes', 'libs', 'cflags', 
-              'ldflags', 'help']
-
-def exit_with_usage(code=1):
-    print >>sys.stderr, "Usage: %s [%s]" % (sys.argv[0], 
-                                            '|'.join('--'+opt for opt in valid_opts))
-    sys.exit(code)
-
-try:
-    opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], '', valid_opts)
-except getopt.error:
-    exit_with_usage()
-
-if not opts:
-    #exit_with_usage()
-    #be compatible with our old python-config-2.4
-    import string
-    print "-lpython2.4 -lm -L/usr/lib/python2.4/config",string.join(string.split(sysconfig.get_config_var("MODLIBS")))
-    sys.exit(0)
-
-opt = opts[0][0]
-
-pyver = sysconfig.get_config_var('VERSION')
-getvar = sysconfig.get_config_var
-
-if opt == '--help':
-    exit_with_usage(0)
-
-elif opt == '--prefix':
-    print sysconfig.PREFIX
-
-elif opt == '--exec-prefix':
-    print sysconfig.EXEC_PREFIX
-
-elif opt in ('--includes', '--cflags'):
-    flags = ['-I' + sysconfig.get_python_inc(),
-             '-I' + sysconfig.get_python_inc(plat_specific=True)]
-    if opt == '--cflags':
-        flags.extend(getvar('CFLAGS').split())
-    print ' '.join(flags)
-
-elif opt in ('--libs', '--ldflags'):
-    libs = getvar('LIBS').split() + getvar('SYSLIBS').split()
-    libs.append('-lpython'+pyver)
-    # add the prefix/lib/pythonX.Y/config dir, but only if there is no
-    # shared library in prefix/lib/.
-    if opt == '--ldflags' and not getvar('Py_ENABLE_SHARED'):
-        libs.insert(0, '-L' + getvar('LIBPL'))
-    print ' '.join(libs)
-
-
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.4-r1.ebuild b/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.4-r1.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index 10337faaf..000000000
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.4-r1.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,312 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2010 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-lang/python/python-2.6.4-r1.ebuild,v 1.4 2010/02/26 18:16:09 jer Exp $
-
-EAPI="2"
-
-inherit autotools eutils flag-o-matic multilib pax-utils python toolchain-funcs
-
-MY_P="Python-${PV}"
-S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"
-
-PATCHSET_REVISION="1"
-
-DESCRIPTION="Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language."
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.python.org/"
-SRC_URI="http://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PV}/${MY_P}.tar.bz2
-	mirror://gentoo/python-gentoo-patches-${PV}$([[ "${PATCHSET_REVISION}" != "0" ]] && echo "-r${PATCHSET_REVISION}").tar.bz2"
-
-LICENSE="PSF-2.2"
-SLOT="2.6"
-PYTHON_ABI="${SLOT}"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc x86 ~sparc-fbsd ~x86-fbsd"
-IUSE="-berkdb build doc elibc_uclibc examples gdbm ipv6 +ncurses +readline sqlite +ssl +threads tk +wide-unicode wininst +xml"
-
-# NOTE: dev-python/{elementtree,celementtree,pysqlite,ctypes}
-#       do not conflict with the ones in python proper. - liquidx
-
-RDEPEND=">=app-admin/eselect-python-20091230
-		>=sys-libs/zlib-1.1.3
-		virtual/libffi
-		virtual/libintl
-		!build? (
-			berkdb? ( || (
-				sys-libs/db:4.7
-				sys-libs/db:4.6
-				sys-libs/db:4.5
-				sys-libs/db:4.4
-				sys-libs/db:4.3
-				sys-libs/db:4.2
-			) )
-			doc? ( dev-python/python-docs:${SLOT} )
-			gdbm? ( sys-libs/gdbm )
-			ncurses? (
-				>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2
-				readline? ( >=sys-libs/readline-4.1 )
-			)
-			sqlite? ( >=dev-db/sqlite-3 )
-			ssl? ( dev-libs/openssl )
-			tk? ( >=dev-lang/tk-8.0 )
-			xml? ( >=dev-libs/expat-2 )
-		)"
-DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-		dev-util/pkgconfig
-		!sys-devel/gcc[libffi]"
-RDEPEND+=" !build? ( app-misc/mime-types )"
-PDEPEND="app-admin/python-updater"
-
-PROVIDE="virtual/python"
-
-pkg_setup() {
-	if use berkdb; then
-		ewarn "\"bsddb\" module is out-of-date and no longer maintained inside dev-lang/python. It has"
-		ewarn "been additionally removed in Python 3. You should use external, still maintained \"bsddb3\""
-		ewarn "module provided by dev-python/bsddb3 which supports both Python 2 and Python 3."
-	fi
-
-	if ! has_version "=dev-lang/python-3*"; then
-		elog "It is highly recommended to additionally install Python 3, but without configuring Python wrapper to use Python 3."
-	fi
-}
-
-src_prepare() {
-
-	# Upstream bug: http://bugs.python.org/issue1722344
-	epatch "${FILESDIR}/"python-2.6.4-snooze-thread-exit-warnings.patch
-
-	# Ensure that internal copies of expat and libffi aren't used.
-	rm -fr Modules/expat
-	rm -fr Modules/_ctypes/libffi*
-
-	if tc-is-cross-compiler; then
-		epatch "${FILESDIR}/python-2.5-cross-printf.patch"
-		epatch "${FILESDIR}/python-2.6-chflags-cross.patch"
-		epatch "${FILESDIR}/python-2.6-test-cross.patch"
-	else
-		rm "${WORKDIR}/${PV}"/*_all_crosscompile.patch
-	fi
-
-	EPATCH_SUFFIX="patch" epatch "${WORKDIR}/${PV}"
-
-	sed -i -e "s:@@GENTOO_LIBDIR@@:$(get_libdir):g" \
-		Lib/distutils/command/install.py \
-		Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py \
-		Lib/site.py \
-		Makefile.pre.in \
-		Modules/Setup.dist \
-		Modules/getpath.c \
-		setup.py || die "sed failed to replace @@GENTOO_LIBDIR@@"
-
-	# Fix os.utime() on hppa. utimes it not supported but unfortunately reported as working - gmsoft (22 May 04)
-	# PLEASE LEAVE THIS FIX FOR NEXT VERSIONS AS IT'S A CRITICAL FIX !!!
-	[[ "${ARCH}" == "hppa" ]] && sed -e "s/utimes //" -i "${S}/configure"
-
-	if ! use wininst; then
-		# Remove Microsoft Windows executables.
-		rm Lib/distutils/command/wininst-*.exe
-	fi
-
-	# Fix OtherFileTests.testStdin() not to assume
-	# that stdin is a tty for bug #248081.
-	sed -e "s:'osf1V5':'osf1V5' and sys.stdin.isatty():" -i Lib/test/test_file.py || die "sed failed"
-
-	eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_configure() {
-	# Disable extraneous modules with extra dependencies.
-	if use build; then
-		export PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES="dbm _bsddb gdbm _curses _curses_panel readline _sqlite3 _tkinter _elementtree pyexpat"
-		export PYTHON_DISABLE_SSL="1"
-	else
-		# dbm module can be linked against berkdb or gdbm.
-		# Defaults to gdbm when both are enabled, #204343.
-		local disable
-		use berkdb   || use gdbm || disable+=" dbm"
-		use berkdb   || disable+=" _bsddb"
-		use gdbm     || disable+=" gdbm"
-		use ncurses  || disable+=" _curses _curses_panel"
-		use readline || disable+=" readline"
-		use sqlite   || disable+=" _sqlite3"
-		use ssl      || export PYTHON_DISABLE_SSL="1"
-		use tk       || disable+=" _tkinter"
-		use xml      || disable+=" _elementtree pyexpat" # _elementtree uses pyexpat.
-		export PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES="${disable}"
-
-		if ! use xml; then
-			ewarn "You have configured Python without XML support."
-			ewarn "This is NOT a recommended configuration as you"
-			ewarn "may face problems parsing any XML documents."
-		fi
-	fi
-
-	if [[ -n "${PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES}" ]]; then
-		einfo "Disabled modules: ${PYTHON_DISABLE_MODULES}"
-	fi
-
-	export OPT="${CFLAGS}"
-
-	filter-flags -malign-double
-
-	[[ "${ARCH}" == "alpha" ]] && append-flags -fPIC
-
-	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50309
-	if is-flag -O3; then
-		is-flag -fstack-protector-all && replace-flags -O3 -O2
-		use hardened && replace-flags -O3 -O2
-	fi
-
-	if tc-is-cross-compiler; then
-		OPT="-O1" CFLAGS="" LDFLAGS="" CC="" \
-		./configure --{build,host}=${CBUILD} || die "cross-configure failed"
-		emake python Parser/pgen || die "cross-make failed"
-		mv python hostpython
-		mv Parser/pgen Parser/hostpgen
-		make distclean
-		sed -i \
-			-e "/^HOSTPYTHON/s:=.*:=./hostpython:" \
-			-e "/^HOSTPGEN/s:=.*:=./Parser/hostpgen:" \
-			Makefile.pre.in || die "sed failed"
-	fi
-
-	# Export CXX so it ends up in /usr/lib/python2.X/config/Makefile.
-	tc-export CXX
-
-	# Set LDFLAGS so we link modules with -lpython2.6 correctly.
-	# Needed on FreeBSD unless Python 2.6 is already installed.
-	# Please query BSD team before removing this!
-	append-ldflags "-L."
-
-	econf \
-		--with-fpectl \
-		--enable-shared \
-		$(use_enable ipv6) \
-		$(use_with threads) \
-		$(use wide-unicode && echo "--enable-unicode=ucs4" || echo "--enable-unicode=ucs2") \
-		--infodir='${prefix}/share/info' \
-		--mandir='${prefix}/share/man' \
-		--with-libc="" \
-		--with-system-ffi
-}
-
-src_test() {
-	# Tests won't work when cross compiling.
-	if tc-is-cross-compiler; then
-		elog "Disabling tests due to crosscompiling."
-		return
-	fi
-
-	# Byte compiling should be enabled here.
-	# Otherwise test_import fails.
-	python_enable_pyc
-
-	# Skip all tests that fail during emerge but pass without emerge:
-	# (See bug #67970)
-	local skip_tests="distutils httpservers minidom pyexpat sax tcl"
-
-	# test_ctypes fails with PAX kernel (bug #234498).
-	host-is-pax && skip_tests+=" ctypes"
-
-	for test in ${skip_tests}; do
-		mv "${S}/Lib/test/test_${test}.py" "${T}"
-	done
-
-	# Rerun failed tests in verbose mode (regrtest -w).
-	EXTRATESTOPTS="-w" make test || die "make test failed"
-
-	for test in ${skip_tests}; do
-		mv "${T}/test_${test}.py" "${S}/Lib/test/test_${test}.py"
-	done
-
-	elog "The following tests have been skipped:"
-	for test in ${skip_tests}; do
-		elog "test_${test}.py"
-	done
-
-	elog "If you'd like to run them, you may:"
-	elog "cd $(python_get_libdir)/test"
-	elog "and run the tests separately."
-
-	python_disable_pyc
-}
-
-src_install() {
-	emake DESTDIR="${D}" altinstall maninstall || die "emake altinstall maninstall failed"
-
-	mv "${D}usr/bin/python${SLOT}-config" "${D}usr/bin/python-config-${SLOT}"
-
-	# Fix collisions between different slots of Python.
-	mv "${D}usr/bin/2to3" "${D}usr/bin/2to3-${SLOT}"
-	mv "${D}usr/bin/pydoc" "${D}usr/bin/pydoc${SLOT}"
-	mv "${D}usr/bin/idle" "${D}usr/bin/idle${SLOT}"
-	mv "${D}usr/share/man/man1/python.1" "${D}usr/share/man/man1/python${SLOT}.1"
-	rm -f "${D}usr/bin/smtpd.py"
-
-	# Fix the OPT variable so that it doesn't have any flags listed in it.
-	# Prevents the problem with compiling things with conflicting flags later.
-	sed -e "s:^OPT=.*:OPT=\t\t-DNDEBUG:" -i "${D}$(python_get_libdir)/config/Makefile"
-
-	if use build; then
-		rm -fr "${D}usr/bin/idle${SLOT}" "${D}$(python_get_libdir)/"{bsddb,email,idlelib,lib-tk,sqlite3,test}
-	else
-		use elibc_uclibc && rm -fr "${D}$(python_get_libdir)/"{bsddb/test,test}
-		use berkdb || rm -fr "${D}$(python_get_libdir)/"{bsddb,test/test_bsddb*}
-		use sqlite || rm -fr "${D}$(python_get_libdir)/"{sqlite3,test/test_sqlite*}
-		use tk || rm -fr "${D}usr/bin/idle${SLOT}" "${D}$(python_get_libdir)/"{idlelib,lib-tk}
-	fi
-
-	use threads || rm -fr "${D}$(python_get_libdir)/multiprocessing"
-
-	prep_ml_includes $(python_get_includedir)
-
-	if use examples; then
-		insinto /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
-		doins -r "${S}/Tools" || die "doins failed"
-	fi
-
-	newinitd "${FILESDIR}/pydoc.init" pydoc-${SLOT}
-	newconfd "${FILESDIR}/pydoc.conf" pydoc-${SLOT}
-
-	# Don't install empty directory.
-	rmdir "${D}$(python_get_libdir)/lib-old"
-}
-
-pkg_preinst() {
-	if has_version "<${CATEGORY}/${PN}-${SLOT}" && ! has_version ">=${CATEGORY}/${PN}-${SLOT}_alpha"; then
-		python_updater_warning="1"
-	fi
-}
-
-eselect_python_update() {
-	local eselect_python_options=
-	[[ "$(eselect python show)" == "python2."* ]] && eselect_python_options="--python2"
-
-	# Create python2 symlink.
-	eselect python update --python2 > /dev/null
-
-	eselect python update ${eselect_python_options}
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
-	eselect_python_update
-
-	python_mod_optimize -x "(site-packages|test)" $(python_get_libdir)
-
-	if [[ "${python_updater_warning}" == "1" ]]; then
-		ewarn
-		ewarn "\e[1;31m************************************************************************\e[0m"
-		ewarn
-		ewarn "You have just upgraded from an older version of Python."
-		ewarn "You should run 'python-updater \${options}' to rebuild Python modules."
-		ewarn
-		ewarn "\e[1;31m************************************************************************\e[0m"
-		ewarn
-		ebeep 12
-	fi
-}
-
-pkg_postrm() {
-	eselect_python_update
-
-	python_mod_cleanup $(python_get_libdir)
-}