Yo Fred!
On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 16:23:10 -0700 (PDT)
Fred Wright via devel <devel@ntpsec.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Apr 2025, Gary E. Miller via devel wrote:
> > On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:52:30 -0700
> > Hal Murray <halmur...@sonic.net> wrote:
> [...]
> > Alternatively, you can create a link to you python3, called python.
> > Like so:
> >
> > ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
> >
> >> That command line doesn't work on FreeBSD or NetBSD
> >
> > Yeah, *BSD are weird. tell me how you do it, and I'll add that
> > as well.
>
> You don't say exactly how it fails,
I have no idea how *BSD fails. Hal?
> but one thing to be aware of is
> that if the symlink already exists, that command may fail,
The paragraph starts with /usr/bin/python not existing. So that
is covered.
> even if
> it's a benign replacement. The workaround is to us the '-f' option.
> E.g.:
>
> ln -sf /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
If the link exists, at least on Gentoo, you absolutely, 100%, do not
want to replace it!
Got any specifix working suggestions?
RGDS
GARY
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