eselect compiler has been removed from the tree, hence its usage can be
removed from portage.

--
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level
--- ../../trunk/pym/_emerge/__init__.py 2008-05-12 19:25:21 +0200
+++ ./pym/_emerge/__init__.py 2008-05-12 17:16:49 +0200
@@ -303,12 +318,6 @@
"!!! other terminals also.
"
)

- mystatus, myoutput = commands.getstatusoutput("eselect compiler show")
- if mystatus == os.EX_OK and len(myoutput.split("/")) == 2:
- part1, part2 = myoutput.split("/")
- if part1.startswith(chost + "-"):
- return myoutput.replace(chost + "-", gcc_ver_prefix, 1)
-
mystatus, myoutput = commands.getstatusoutput("gcc-config -c")
if mystatus == os.EX_OK and myoutput.startswith(chost + "-"):
return myoutput.replace(chost + "-", gcc_ver_prefix, 1)