Re: Python (Multi) installation?

["John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost>]

On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Thomas Klausner wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 04:03:19PM -0500, John D. Baker wrote:
> > Could it be the failure to install python37 with an existing python36
> > was because the python36 install predated the availability of python37
> > and so raised a conflict?
> > 
> > Perhaps explicitly rebuild/replace python36 early will remove conflict
> > when python37 is to be installed?
> 
> All the python3 packages conflicted until
> 
> revision 1.12
> date: 2017-12-13 13:56:10 +0100;  author: jperkin;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -1;  commitid: oId3ftm4FnPzmJiA;
> python36: Disable libpython3.so.
> 
> This is a useless library (we've built it incorrectly for a long time so it
> contains no valid symbols) that only creates CONFLICTS with other python3
> packages.  No objection on tech-pkg.  Bump PKGREVISION.
> 
> 
> Could it be that your installed package was built before that commit?

No.  That system is my first-line crash-test dummy when building packages
and most recently updated everything as per pkgsrc-2018Q2.  Alas, the
packages are gone now, so I can't verify the date stamps.

As the freeze for Q3 approaches, I'll fire off another system that
had also updated everything to pkgsrc-2018Q2 and see if it happens
again (python36-3.6.5nb1 built 13 July 2018).

Hmm.  pkgsrc-HEAD has python36-3.6.6*, so perhaps that caused other
python3x-wanting packages to skip the installed python36-3.6.5 and demand
python37?

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