Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/lang/python311

[Adam <adam%netbsd.org@localhost>]

>> Log Message:
>> Remove --with-system-expat configure option
> 
> Why?  This is the correct option.  Using --without breaks the build on at least macOS and SunOS.  This change makes absolutely no sense.
> 
> Like I said on tech-pkg, if you need to add hacks for broken systems then do it inside an .if OPSYS.  Don't just break everyone else.

It builds on my macOS. What error do you get?

The problem is, as described in the comment, it requires expat_config.h, which it not provided by NetBSD (and maybe other systems). With --without-system-expat, Python uses the vendored expat.

I guess, we could force building expat from pkgsrc and configure Python with it.

Adam