Re: pkg/41967: ham/usrp needs python but doesn't depend upon it (NetBSD 4.0 / i386)

[Mark Davies <mark%ecs.vuw.ac.nz@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/41967; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Mark Davies <mark%ecs.vuw.ac.nz@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: Hasso Tepper <hasso%netbsd.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: pkg/41967: ham/usrp needs python but doesn't depend upon it 
(NetBSD 4.0 / i386)
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 00:53:22 +1200

 On Tuesday 01 September 2009 22:05:03 Hasso Tepper wrote:
 >  The problem is that for some unknown (for me) reason autostuff decides
 > to use a fortran compiler to test usability of the Python.h header.
 
 Yeah, I also can't fathom why for some people it tries to use fortran while 
 for others it doesn't.
 
 > I 
 > committed a workaround to the ham/gnuradio-core, but as gnuradio
 > packages doesn't share the patches directory (IMHO they should), other
 > packages still fail.
 
 Yes they probably should.
 
 >  If you are interested in quick fix, pull patches-ab from
 > ham/gnuradio-core.
 
 Your patch-ab pushes lang C unconditionally but pops it in the else clause 
 of an if.  That seems wrong to me.
 
 cheers
 mark