--- gdb-7.2.ebuild
+++ gdb-7.2.ebuild
@@ -31,15 +31,13 @@
 RDEPEND=">=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2-r2
 	sys-libs/readline
 	expat? ( dev-libs/expat )
-	python? ( dev-lang/python )"
+	python? ( =dev-lang/python-2* )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	app-arch/xz-utils
 	test? ( dev-util/dejagnu )
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )"
 
-src_unpack() {
-	unpack ${A}
-	cd "${S}"
+src_prepare() {
 	use vanilla || [[ -n ${PATCH_VER} ]] && EPATCH_SUFFIX="patch" epatch "${WORKDIR}"/patch
 	strip-linguas -u bfd/po opcodes/po
 }
@@ -53,7 +51,7 @@
 	fi
 }
 
-src_compile() {
+src_configure() {
 	strip-unsupported-flags
 	econf \
 		--with-pkgversion="$(gdb_branding)" \
@@ -65,9 +63,7 @@
 		$(use_with expat) \
 		$(use_enable nls) \
 		$(use multitarget && echo --enable-targets=all) \
-		$(use_with python) \
-		|| die
-	emake || die
+		$(use_with python python "${EPREFIX}/usr/bin/python2")
 }
 
 src_test() {