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[Fred Wright]

On Tue, 1 Apr 2025, Gary E. Miller via devel wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2025 20:52:30 -0700
> Hal Murray <halmurray at sonic.net> wrote:
[...]
> Alternatively, you can create a link to you python3, called python.
> Like so:
>
> ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python
>
>> That command line doesn't work on FreeBSD or NetBSD
>
> Yeah, *BSD are weird.  tell me how you do it, and I'll add that
> as well.

You don't say exactly how it fails, but one thing to be aware of is that 
if the symlink already exists, that command may fail, even if it's a 
benign replacement.  The workaround is to us the '-f' option.  E.g.:

 	ln -sf /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python

Fred Wright