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Re: build failure for devel/scons



On Sat, Jan 01, 2022 at 10:33:22PM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 01, 2022 at 09:54:20PM +0100, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> > Workaround: pkg_delete py*-setuptools before building scons.
> 
> Stupid question: why do so many pkgs have a full dependency on py*-setuptools
> (instead of just a build one)?

Because at least historically, it was necessary to register packages on
installation time. lang/python was never updated.

Joerg


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