Re: pkg_alternatives broken?

[Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

* On 2025-10-10 at 14:49 BST, Thomas Klausner wrote:

> After upgrading to Python 3.14, I wanted 'python' to be 'python3.14' -
> it was still starting python3.13.
>
> However, I can't get pkg_alternatives to switch to that. I tried both

Someone copypasta'd from python313 without updating them:

  $ cat lang/python314/ALTERNATIVES
  bin/idle @PREFIX@/bin/idle3.13
  bin/pydoc @PREFIX@/bin/pydoc3.13
  bin/python @PREFIX@/bin/python3.13
  bin/python3 @PREFIX@/bin/python3.13

> Am I misunderstanding how to use this or is this a bug?

I frequently misunderstand how to use pkg_alternatives and would dearly 
love a much simpler utility without confusing "auto" vs "manual" 
nomenclature that requires reading the manual page every time I try to 
use it, but in this case it's a pkgsrc bug.

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