Re: pkg/34217: lang/python23 and lang/python24 fails to build on Sparc Solaris 10

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/34217; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/34217: lang/python23 and lang/python24 fails to build on
    Sparc Solaris 10
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 14:50:04 +0200

 On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 08:45:03PM +0000, Raymond Meyer wrote:
 >  >  No, it is expected behaviour. foo % arg with foo as string is evaluated
 >  >  like sprintf in C, so any % in foo has to be quoted as %%.
 >  
 >  OK, then I should pass '-xbuiltin=%all' compiler flag as '-xbuiltin=\%all',
 >  thus escaping '%' char.
 
 I'd still ask you to submit a Python PR, so that they investigate
 possible quoting upstream, but this is most likely beyond the scope of
 pkgsrc.
 
 Joerg