WARNING+= "PYTHON_DEFAULT must be a version present in PYTHON2_DEFAULT or PYTHON3_DEFAULT, if you want more Python flavors, set BUILD_ALL_PYTHON_FLAVORS in your make.conf"
.endif
-.if ${_PYTHON_ARGS} == "2"
+.if ${_PYTHON_ARGS} == 2.7
+DEV_WARNING+= "lang/python27 reached End of Life, consider converting to a modern version of python"
+.elif ${_PYTHON_ARGS} == 2
DEV_ERROR+= "USES=python:2 is no longer supported, use USES=python:2.7"
-.elif ${_PYTHON_ARGS} == "3"
+.elif ${_PYTHON_ARGS} == 3
DEV_ERROR+= "USES=python:3 is no longer supported, use USES=python:3.5+ or an appropriate version range"