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Re: Python 3.13 fails to build under macOS, expat issue



Benny Siegert <bsiegert%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:

> I think I would be okay with NetBSD < 11 not using builtin expat, as
> long as NetBSD 11 is good.

You mean for all use in pkgsrc, even those that do not require new
expat?

> expat is also one of those things that has regular security issues, so
> maybe using the pkgsrc version is better anyway.

We (pkgsrc) generally do not reject builtins because of this, and
instead view that it is the responsibilty of the base system to fix bugs
in the base system.


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