binary links in python26 portgroup

Adam Mercer ram at macports.org
Mon Feb 22 22:35:23 PST 2010


On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 04:46, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org> wrote:
> I've added a new option "python.link_binaries" to the python26
> portgroup, on by default, which in post-destroot will create
> version-suffixed links in ${prefix}/bin/ to everything installed by the
> port in ${python.prefix}/bin/.
>
> I've adapted all py26-* ports that appeared to be affected by this
> change, but if you maintain a port that uses the python26 group you may
> wish to double check that it still does the right thing.

This is really useful, but could another option be specified so you
could specify if the -${python.branch} suffix is added to the
binaries? Obviously adding the -${python.branch} should be default,
but for some ports this suffix should not be added.

Cheers

Adam


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