Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 12:47:24 -0700 (MST) From: Mike Brown <mike@skew.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: USE_PYTHON version range no longer valid? Message-ID: <201401151947.s0FJlOCG004035@chilled.skew.org>
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A port I maintain (sorta) can only be built under Python 2.2.1 through 2.4.x. The app isn't being developed any longer, so patches to get it to build under 2.5+ aren't likely to be forthcoming. The port Makefile previously had USE_PYTHON= 2.2-2.4, but it was changed this week to simply USE_PYTHON=2, with this comment: Python cleanup: - USE_PYTHON* = 2.X -> USE_PYTHON* = 2 - USE_PYTHON* = 2.X+ -> USE_PYTHON* = yes Reviewed by: python (mva, rm) Approved by: portmgr-lurkers (mat) By removing 2.4 as the maximum version, there are inevitable build errors for this app. Reverting to USE_PYTHON= 2.2-2.4 results in 'make' failing with this: ===> py27-4suite-1.0.b1_1 needs an unsupported version of Python. I'm fine with that, although I'm unsure what the ramifications are of Python 2.4 being unsupported. Do people have the option of installing Python 2.4.6 and using it with this port, or do we need to decommission the port?
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