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[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Fred!

On Tue, 1 Apr 2025 16:23:10 -0700 (PDT)
Fred Wright via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> 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,

I have no idea how *BSD fails.  Hal?

> but one thing to be aware of is
> that if the symlink already exists, that command may fail,

The paragraph starts with /usr/bin/python not existing.  So that
is covered.

> 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

If the link exists, at least on Gentoo, you absolutely, 100%, do not
want to replace it!

Got any specifix working suggestions?

RGDS
GARY
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