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

[Thomas Klausner <wiz%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 05:56:19AM +0100, Greg Troxel wrote:
> And, NetBSD 10 does install it.  A NetBSD 9 system doesn't have it.  I
> don't understand why this is about 11.99.5.  (I will admit that I keep
> my machines up-to-date with release branches.)

10.1 doesn't have it. I requested a pullup when I added it to the
NetBSD base system install in March, so the branch as it, and 11.0 has
it.

> I continue to believe that pkgsrc should handle this by having python
> set a variable that says it needs expat_config.h, and builtin.mk then
> rejecting the builtin if /usr/include/expat_config.h is not present
> (done portably, but this sort of check is normal).

Sounds good, please implement it.
 Thomas