Re: textproc/py27-expat requires python27-2.7.16

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost>]

On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 09:34:32PM +0200, Sijmen J. Mulder wrote:
> I had an older version of Python 2.7 installed which caused the
> py27-expat build to fail on a missing struct field
> PyExpat_CAPI.SetHashSalt, introduced in Python 2.7.16.

Most of the modules shipped with Python itself depend on a more or less
precise match, so this is not exactly surprising.

> The attached patch updates the python27 buildlink3.mk to require Python
> 2.7.16 or later. I'm not sure if that's the right solution.

This is completely wrong though, since it changes the requirement for
every single Python module.

Joerg