Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/databases/py-apsw

[David Brownlee <abs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, 2 Oct 2023 at 17:27, Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%mnx.io@localhost> wrote:
>
> * On 2023-10-02 at 16:55 BST, David Brownlee wrote:
>
> >Module Name:   pkgsrc
> >Committed By:  abs
> >Date:          Mon Oct  2 15:54:46 UTC 2023
> >
> >Modified Files:
> >       pkgsrc/databases/py-apsw: distinfo
> >Added Files:
> >       pkgsrc/databases/py-apsw/patches: patch-src_apsw.c
> >
> >Log Message:
> >Fix build on systems without alloca.h
> >
> >alloca.h has been deprecated for a long time, and no modern system
> >should need it (and some do not even have it). While there are some
> >references to alloca() in the source, none are in src/apsw.c
>
> SunOS-based systems still require alloca.h for alloca(3C), please at
> least conditionalise this on NetBSD just in case.

Thanks for the heads up.

In this case the py-apsw author intends to restrict alloca() usage to
Windows, so it should not be an issue?

https://github.com/rogerbinns/apsw/issues/487#issuecomment-1737362432

Thanks

David