new waf vs PYTHONDIR

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo James!

On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:21:57 -0700
James Browning via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:

> On Mar 18, 2025 13:44, Hal Murray via devel <devel at ntpsec.org> wrote:
> > I tried to bisect the git.  No luck.  The issue depends on which
> > Python I am running.
> 
> commit e899c2ffd4243e933150f2349874e4e462657c54
> Author: James Browning <jamesb.fe80 at gmail.com>
> Date:   Thu Mar 13 02:06:11 2025 -0700
> 
>     Use waf 2.1.4, revise, and drop Py2.6 builds.
> 
> 
> Which python works the old way?

All of them, when I build from fresh.

> There is no magic, no fancy Python tricks. When you run waf or
> waf-2.1.4 you get new behavior. waf-2.0.25 gets you new behavior
> closer  to the old behavior. 

And who or what changes the symlink?  When?  Why?  Documented?

RGDS
GARY
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