Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 11:57:34 +0300 From: Max Brazhnikov <makc@freebsd.org> To: python@freebsd.org Cc: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <montgomerysmithstephen@gmail.com> Subject: Re: PEP394 Message-ID: <3066551.hHqAuc6tWs@mercury> In-Reply-To: <cff8e4b8-a575-403a-aa0d-7373b003b11c@FreeBSD.org> References: <cff8e4b8-a575-403a-aa0d-7373b003b11c@FreeBSD.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, 9 Oct 2025 23:16:01 -0500 Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> I am the maintainer of the math/octave port. It's python function
> depends upon the existence of the python3 command, saying in
> ${WRKSRC}/scripts/miscellaneous/python.m on lines 74-75
>
> ## PEP394 says Python 3 installs should all provide this command
> pyexec = "python3";
>
> I notice that the lang/python3.11 doesn't include python3 as a link to
> python3.11.
>
> My guess is that you have discussed this to death, but google didn't dig
> up for me any of these discussions.
>
> Right now I am going to do a
> ${REINPLACE_CMD} s+python3+${PYTHON_CMD}+
> ${WRKSRC}/scripts/miscellaneous/python.m
You can use BINARY_ALIAS if the port needs python3 during build stage, e.g.
"BINARY_ALIAS= python3=${PYTHON_VERSION}".
If the port installs scripts with hardcoded python3, than you need "USES+= shebangfix".
See for details:
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/makefiles/#binary-alias
https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/uses/#uses-shebangfix
Cheers,
Max
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?3066551.hHqAuc6tWs>