tech-pkg: Re: PYTHON_VERSION_DEFAULT and installed Python

Subject: Re: PYTHON_VERSION_DEFAULT and installed Python
To: None <tech-pkg@netbsd.org>
From: Johnny C. Lam <jlam@pkgsrc.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/03/2006 04:22:29

On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 11:57:01PM +0200, joerg@britannica.bec.de wrote:
> can I remove the current installed checks for python versions and let
> the default only get decided by PYTHON_DEFAULT_VERSION? The current
> behaviour is IMO very error prune and a user can always use
> PYTHON_VERSION_REQD to force a specific Python version.

Yes, please do so.  I would like us to remove all instances of "use
whichever is installed first" from pkgsrc.

	Cheers,

	-- Johnny Lam <jlam@pkgsrc.org>