Re: [Git][gpsd/gpsd][master] Ubuntu has abolished /usr/bin/python, change shebangs to python3.

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Hal!

On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 21:38:15 -0700
Hal Murray <halmurray+gpsd@sonic.net> wrote:

> gdt@lexort.com said:
> >> I guess eventually, but not just before a release.  
> > Agreed.  Totally the right call to not rock the boat now.   
> 
> The current stuff doesn't build on some systems.  It seems not-good
> to ship things that are known broken without being up-front about it.
>  (even if the brokenness is only on one version of one distro)

Umm?  Say what?  First I have heard of this.

Care to explain?

> I think we should add a note someplace describing the problem and 
> workaround(s) and include a pointer to it in NEWS and mention it in
> the release message.  yada yada...
> (and explain why it wasn't fixed ...)

Umm?  What is not fixed?

> When I have problems like this, I manually setup a link in /usr/bin/
> from python to python3

That should not be required since the last patch.  Which fixed something
that PopOS just broke.

> I saw mention of using PYTHON=xxx in a previous message.
> Are there other hacks worth mentioning?

Well, the documented target_ptyhon= option to start with.

RGDS
GARY
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