[MacPorts] #50288: UPDATE: gpsd-3.16

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#50288: UPDATE: gpsd-3.16
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  Reporter:  fw@…    |      Owner:  ryandesign@…
      Type:  update  |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal  |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports   |    Version:
Resolution:          |   Keywords:  haspatch
      Port:  gpsd    |
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Comment (by fw@…):

 Replying to [comment:8 mojca@…]:
 > While what you say about `bar.h` is true, depending on `python2_select`
 doesn't guarantee you in any way that the `python2` command exists.

 Hence the (dynamically conditional) `port notes` when it doesn't (and the
 error if one tries to run `port test` without `python2`).

 > The package needs to `reinplace` the lines calling `python2` with
 `${prefix}/bin/python2.7`. You should not ask users to run `port select
 python2` manually.

 While I agree that that would be more convenient for users that haven't
 previously used `port select python2`, it does have some disadvantages:

 1) It requires patching 8 more files that otherwise don't need it.  I'm
 trying to *reduce* the number of MacPorts-specific patches, not increase
 it. :-)

 2) It unnecessarily breaks the ability to use Python 2.6.  The only reason
 I made the port dependency specifically on `python27` is that I didn't
 want to go to the trouble of creating Python version variants (and also
 that the required `scons` port depends specifically on `python27`,
 presumably for a similar reason); the code itself will work just fine if
 `python2` maps to `python26`.

 3) Any user interested in `PEP0394` compliance should run `port select
 python2`, anyway.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/50288#comment:9>
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