Re: pkg/56785: Python 3.9 build fails with pkgsrc-2022Q1 on Linux

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/56785; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/56785: Python 3.9 build fails with pkgsrc-2022Q1 on Linux
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 02:50:06 +0000

 On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 12:35:00AM +0000, you.kawasaki%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
  > I found commenting out the following line from patch/patch-setup is effective in completing the build.
  > 
  > +sys.path = [p for p in sys.path if not re.compile('^' + sys.base_prefix + '/').match(p)]
  >
  > Under my environment, this line makes the sys.path an empty list.
  > Moreover, it worked fine if I change "if not" to "if".
 
 What's in sys.base_prefix? Sounds like it's got some characters in it
 that make Python think it's an invalid regexp.
 
 There should probably be some kind of quoting operation on there to
 protect it.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost