[MacPorts] #14081: py-gobject and dependents' configure builds using the wrong (/usr/bin/python) version 2.3

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#14081: py-gobject and dependents' configure builds using the wrong
(/usr/bin/python) version 2.3
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 Reporter:  aphor at mac.com     |       Owner:  macports-tickets at lists.macosforge.org
     Type:  defect            |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  High              |   Milestone:  Port Bugs                            
Component:  ports             |     Version:  1.6.0                                
 Keywords:  python configure  |  
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 Python <--> Gnome library packages and their dependents install without
 error, but fail with import errors at runtime. Whole swaths of software
 will likely break on upgrade causing widespread panic.

 The port for py24 installs itself as /opt/local/bin/python2.4 but
 configure scripts for py-* packages like py-gobject, py-gtk2, and probably
 others allow configure to build against the system /usr/bin/python, which
 is the wrong version of python according to ports' dependency graph. This
 also causes the python modules to be installed in /opt/local/lib/python2.3
 /site-packages, which made it easy to track this down.

 Workaround: prepend /opt/local/bin to your path, and symlink
 /opt/local/bin/python2.4 to /opt/local/bin/python because these configure
 scripts choose their python version by the first executable 'python' on
 the PATH.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/ticket/14081>
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