Has scallywag problems with requirements ?

[Marco Atzeri]

On 15.04.2023 20:31, Jon Turney wrote:
> On 15/04/2023 19:27, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>> On 15/04/2023 17:42, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-apps wrote:
>>> On 15.04.2023 18:34, Marco Atzeri wrote:
>>>> building libxml2
>>>>
>>>> Jobs 5790
>>>> https://github.com/cygwin/scallywag/actions/runs/4708605404
>>>>
>>>> I see
>>>>
>>>> /cygdrive/d/a/scallywag/libxml2/libxml2.cygport: line 72: 
>>>> alternatives: command not found
>>
>> I don't understand how this cygport is supposed to work.
>>
>> It simply runs 'alternatives', but being installed as 
>> /usr/sbin/alternatives, it's not on the path.

you are right. It worked locally on modified PATH.
I will modify the cygport.

> 
> Also, if the configure script supports it, wouldn't it be better to set 
> the PYTHON env var, or do --with-python=/usr/bin/python${v} than 
> fiddling with alternatives?

the configure seems to not accept the

   --with-python=/usr/bin/python${v}

it continued to pick python3.9 also when I requested 3.8
I have however not checked the details of the configure.ac

Regards
Marco