Opened 3 years ago

Closed 16 months ago

#62981 closed defect (fixed)

octave: use Python 3.x or drop Python dependency

Reported by: Schamschula (Marius Schamschula) Owned by: MarcusCalhoun-Lopez (Marcus Calhoun-Lopez)
Priority: Normal Milestone:
Component: ports Version:
Keywords: Cc: wrohv, mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)
Port: octave

Description

While checking which ports still need Python2.7, I found octave had the following in the Portfile: 

# in configure.ac, listed as one of "[p]rograms used when running Octave"
depends_lib-append port:python27
configure.python ${prefix}/bin/python2.7

The octave build apparently doesn't use Python (neither FreeBSD FreshPorts nor Homebrew call out Python).

Locally, I tested a build using Python3.9.

However, Python really should be a depends_run dependency, if at all.

Note: The configure script does find, in trace mode, the macOS version of Python if the above lines are commented out.

Change History (3)

comment:1 Changed 2 years ago by wrohv

Cc: wrohv added

comment:2 Changed 2 years ago by mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)

Cc: mascguy added

comment:3 Changed 16 months ago by mascguy (Christopher Nielsen)

Resolution: → fixed
Status: assigned → closed

Fixed on 2023-04-15, via commit:

​https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/commit/9ce8cdc8ea590c1af8b3143b3f5b67fb8df9313d

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