[arch-general] Using "python3 setup.py" in PKGBUILDs

[Allan McRae]

On 11/04/11 10:48, Oon-Ee Ng wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:57 AM, Aaron DeVore<aaron.devore at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> I recently started creating/maintaining packages for the AUR. One
>> request I've run up against is allowing users to relink
>> /usr/bin/python to /usr/bin/python2, but still have package building
>> work. Apparently the current policy is to use "python setup.py" for
>> Python 3 packages, but that breaks Python 3 package building for users
>> who relink. Using "python3 setup.py" fixes that problem.
>>
>> Could that policy change? I searched around for a conversation, but
>> couldn't find anything. Also, the policy itself is undocumented in the
>> wiki and /usr/share/pacman/PKGBUILD-python.proto.
>>
>> -Aaron DeVore
>>
> AFAICR users who relink python to python2 are on their own. This
> breaks repo packages as well, not just AUR packages.
>

Correct.  This currently breaks all sort of stuff so is completely 
unsupported.

Allan