[ntpsec-main commit] In INSTALL, a heads-up for distros defaulting to Python 3.
Mark Atwood
markatwood at ntpsec.org
Mon Nov 16 22:20:13 UTC 2015
Module: ntpsec-main
Branch: master
Commit: 517fa69b41c3f022a402ee3f1b9ba08f87c7a381
Changeset: http://git.ntpsec.org//commit/?id=517fa69b41c3f022a402ee3f1b9ba08f87c7a381
Author: Eric S. Raymond <esr at thyrsus.com>
Date: Mon Nov 16 11:56:21 2015 -0500
In INSTALL, a heads-up for distros defaulting to Python 3.
---
INSTALL | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 9dea68d..3bb94de 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ or a BSD-like pair of ntp_gettime(2)/ntp_adjtime(2) calls.
There are some prerequisites. Libraries need the library installed
to run and in addition, the development headers installed to build.
-Python >= 2.5::
- Required to build. May be needed by some utilities.
+Python 2.x, x >= 5::
+ Required to build. May be needed by some utilities. Note, we don't
+ play well with Python 3 yet.
bison::
Required to build.
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ this library if you wish and they have it available.
These are generic Unix installation instructions.
+If your default python is Python 3, replace "./waf" with "python2 waf"
+or whatever else is locally required to get python2 interpretation.
+
Under Unix, the simplest way to compile this package is:
1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and
@@ -104,7 +108,7 @@ Under Unix, the simplest way to compile this package is:
5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
source code directory by typing `./waf clean'.
- 6. To also remove the files that `waf configure' created (so you can
+ 6. To also remove the files that `./waf configure' created (so you can
configure and compile the package for a different kind of
computer), type `./waf distclean'.
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