On Tue, May 25, 2021 at 5:06 PM John H <j...@sdf.org> wrote: > > Setting up pkgsrc-2021Q1 on Solaris 10 x86 for an experiment. Going quite > well so far, but still using an old gcc version (3.4.3) to build a newer one > within the pkgsrc ecosystem, however, seems I need Python > first. whenever I attempt to build any version of python 3.x I am dropped out > with this: > > ld: fatal: library -lcrypt: not found > > ...which leads to > > ERROR: The following files are in the PLIST but not in > /usr/pkgsrc/lang/python39/work/.destdir/usr/pkg: > ERROR: > /usr/pkgsrc/lang/python39/work/.destdir/usr/pkg/lib/python3.9/lib-dynload/_crypt.so > > Hoping there's something simple I need to install first like a crypt library, > any ideas appreciated!
I believe you need to add -lcrypt to LIBS during configure. (It is not a problem on Linux because glibc provides the functions). It's been a while since I built Python on NetBSD, so I may be mistaken. Jeff
