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Date:      Fri, 10 Oct 2025 06:44:12 +0100
From:      Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-python@freebsd.org
Subject:   /usr/local/bin/python3: symbolic link to python3.11 (was: PEP394)
Message-ID:  <d7d216a5-f297-4289-b08a-4a3b1d343484@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <cff8e4b8-a575-403a-aa0d-7373b003b11c@FreeBSD.org>
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On 10/10/2025 05:16, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> …
>
>     ## 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.
>
> …


Maybe relevant, after installing lang/python3:

blah@alpha5-unannounced:~ % file /usr/local/bin/python3
/usr/local/bin/python3: symbolic link to python3.11
blah@alpha5-unannounced:~ %

<https://www.freshports.org/lang/python3/#requiredrun>;




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