Yo Hal!
On Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:58:48 -0700
Hal Murray <halmur...@sonic.net> wrote:
> >> That "to" looks backwards to me. I expect:
> >> link python to your python3
> > python3 exists, python does not. So you create python by linking
> > it to python3. As Fred says: like cp.
>
> The ln command looked OK to me. I was commenting about the
> descriptive text. To me, "to" has an arrow from left to right.
>
>
> > ... you can create a link to you python3, called python. Like so:
>
> Looks fine. But second you => your
Change pushed.
> >> 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.
I added the FreeBSD and NetBSD python3 locations. BUt I expect you'll
want more.
> buildprep says:
> For FreeBSD
> $install python # python => python3
> My attempt at installing NetBSD didn't work and I haven't sorted that
> out yet so I haven't debugged/fixed buildprep for NetBSD yet.
I'll leave that to you.
> > > Should we fix waf install to do the magic for SELinux?
> > Not everyone uses SELinux. Linus says he hates SELinux. Doing it
> > for all distributiuons would be a can of worms. I'll stay away
> > from that subject.
>
> Fedora is the only system where I've encountered it.
Gentoo, Ubuntu, and others, do SELinux. BUt not by default.
> I was thinking of running the extra steps only if SELinux was active.
> There is a program to test that. I've forgotten the name. So we
> would have to test for the program being installed and then test its
> result. Or just test for it being installed in case it is turned off
> while waf install is run and gets turned back on later.
As Linus recommends, I avoid SELinux. I'll leave that to others.
RGDS
GARY
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