seth vidal wrote:
>Think "python --version" and then buildrequiring the
correct version by
>package name.
>
Right and I think we agreed that doing that could be banned from
packages.
There is no agreement here.
Core uses hacks in several packages that do just this. It has never
been a problem, and it makes it easier to maintain those spec files in
the long term because you avoid changes and the behavior is well understood.
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-buildsys-list/2005-May/msg00021.html
It is no problem if you use this algorithm.
Warren Togami
wtogami(a)redhat.com