Re: [gpsd-dev] ✘timestamp_t is dead. Long live timespec_t

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Greg!

On Fri, 20 Sep 2019 21:44:05 -0400
Greg Troxel <address@hidden> wrote:

> "Gary E. Miller" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> How does gentoo install two versions of scons, one using 2.7 and
> >> one using 3.7, that are both called scons, and arrange for
> >> programs that use scons to call the right one?  
> >
> > This is really simple, scons just works with any verion of python >
> > 2.6  
> 
> Ah - same with pkgsrc then.  But, I run into programs where the
> SConstruct will only work with 2.x, and some where it will only work
> with 3.x, and some where it will insist that the used python version
> for the program (vs scons) has to match the scons version.  Hence a
> need to install scons/2.7 and scons/3.7 at times.  It sounds like you
> are not having that problem, which is lucky.

I have not had that problem with scons.  Musxt be a problem with your distro.

> >> Regardless, even if "python" points to python3.7, it should be
> >> possible to build gspd with python2.7, and vice versa.  
> >
> > Yeah, so I can build them both every day, like I already do?  I
> > thought we got you past that issue?  I thought your doc of PTYHON,
> > see above, fixed it for you?  
> 
> It works, except that when running the regression tests, it uses
> "#!/usr/bin/env python", rather than using the version specified as
> target_python.  So almost.

Oh, well, we already discussed that.  Your distro violates PEP 394:

https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0394/

Fix your distro.  Or get Python to change.  Or just add the required link.

Imagine how much easier this makes your life:
        # ln -s `which python3.7` /usr/bin/python

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