Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:16:35 +0200 From: Marcus von Appen <mva@FreeBSD.org> To: The BSD Dreamer <beastie@tardisi.com> Cc: python@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [CFT] lang/python becoming a python binary wrapper Message-ID: <20130819091635.GA1251@medusa.sysfault.org> In-Reply-To: <888dfb9c5f2e3946d8e991c23e1f2b95@lhaven.homeip.net> References: <EA3266DB-A478-45B9-B843-6BF62AF8857F@FreeBSD.org> <888dfb9c5f2e3946d8e991c23e1f2b95@lhaven.homeip.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On, Sun Aug 18, 2013, The BSD Dreamer wrote: [...] > What wasn't clear was that this applied to everybody, whether they knowingly > installed lang/python2* or lang/python3*, or not. Since, installing a port > that wants the python results in lang/python27 being installed by default > (and still does.) > > So, when I tried updating www/firefox with portmaster this morning, it broke > python for everything by updating only lang/python27 for me. What happens to > the many other fresh systems when somebody builds their first port that pulls > in the default python, which is lang/python27, but that's not enough for > satisfy the dependency? This was a serious issue in my tests, causing quite some problems and which was fixed later on that day. It should not be a problem anymore at the moment. Cheers Marcus [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlIR4nMACgkQi68/ErJnpkfUSgCeLinJgJkD+fj4OlvNhASRGbIX 9QkAnRqghOeijbwNGkxDKqOSLTOoBlpw =oi6k -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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