Re: python312 build hung with NetBSD/earmv6hf,earmv7hf-current

[Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>]

On Thu, Dec 12, 2024 at 12:00:06 +0900, Jun Ebihara wrote:

> after updating PY_DISTVERSION= 3.12.8
> 
> NetBSD/earmv6hf,earmv7hf stopped at
> Compiling '/mnt/earmv7hf/pkgsrc/lang/python312/work.earmv7hf/.destdir/usr/pkg/lib/python3.12/test/test_float.py'...
> 
> NetBSD/aarch64 is ok.

I don't follow pkgsrc too closely, but there are at least two problems
that I ran into (repeatedly :) when upgrading python during quarterly
rebuilds:

- missing entropy(7) in the system.

- python initializing readline when the build runs in the background:
  https://mail-index.netbsd.org/pkgsrc-users/2024/01/03/msg038706.html
  and the thread here:
  https://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-pkg/2023/12/thread1.html#028691

-uwe