Re: [PATCH] Fixing the subtle python PLIST breakage on installing with an older version present

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

Leonardo Taccari <leot%NetBSD.org@localhost> writes:

> Greg Troxel writes:
>> Is this a pkgsrc issue, or an upstream python issue, or an issue with
>> RPATH semantics on Linux (where RUNPATH does what our RPATH does??), or
>> something else?  I am just expressing the general bias to filing bugs
>> upstream for fixing, even if we carry a bugfix for a while.
>
> IIUC it is an upstream Python issue and an issue with RPATH semantics
> on Linux.  And, yes, it would be nice to fill a bug upstream regarding
> that.

Thanks for explaining; that makes sense.  I generally prefer to have an
upstream bug filed before adding non-trivial non-obviously-correct
patches/workarounds to pkgsrc, as we end up with a lot of things that
should be fixed upstream and aren't.  (I realize that's impossible to
succeed at...)