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

[Greg Troxel]

"Gary E. Miller" <address@hidden> writes:

> 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.

No, it's a problem with programs that use scons and have code that only
works with some python versions.  If you don't build them, you won't notice.
But that's not a gpsd issue.