swig-python and python{24,25,31,32}

[Lawrence Velázquez]

On Jan 4, 2015, at 10:10 PM, Michael Dickens <michaelld at macports.org> wrote:

> I sincerely hope that -no- ports depend on the selection of "port
> select" to work correctly; that would be poor Portfile design. At least
> for GNU Radio (and all of its relatives), we specify which Python to
> link to, and SWIG just follows what we tell it to do. I don't think SWIG
> tries to be smart when determining which Python to use; I think they
> require that the command line specify which one. Thus, when Python 2.7
> is installed, its library should be specified for SWIG to link against
> -- no matter the "port select" setting.

I freely admit that I have no idea how SWIG works or how other software uses it. I just noticed that swig-python depends on python_select instead of any particular Python port, which is rather odd at first glance. If that doesn't actually cause any issues, so much the better.

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