> > I would not rule out any unexpected side-effects of some old patch > > though. It is probably a good idea to review the patches to remove > > anything that is no longer needed. > > > Adam > > Hi Adam. > > I noticed there was a patch to disutils in Sage, but removing it did not allow > it to build on my system. I would be interested if it does on yours. You > should > find it easily in spkg-install - just comment it out. > > I do wonder if there should be a different method of applying patches in Sage > to > .spkg files. One option is that a checksum is computed of the file being > overwritten, and the patch will only apply if the checksum is the same. That > way, if the upstream source gets updated, the patch can't be applied without > someone manually doing things with it. > > Dave
Removing the patch did not allow python to build on either of my systems. Adam -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
