On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 06:48:56PM -0500, Scott Andrews via blfs-support wrote:
>
> On 1/31/20 6:26 PM, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-support wrote:
> > On 1/31/20 5:01 PM, Scott Andrews via blfs-support wrote:
> >
> > > In part "a" python3 would not get pulled in by "some package" it is
> > > already there. Why would python3 need rebuilt?
> >
> > As it says in BLFS:
> >
> > "Python 3 was installed in LFS. The only reason to rebuild it here is if
> > optional modules are needed."
> >
> > The modules we know about are in Berkeley DB, SQLite, and Tk. I am not
> > aware that any packages in BLFS actually need these modules.
> >
> > -- Bruce
> >
>
> I have built sqlite and I don't rebuild python3 and I build Berkeley DB as
> it is needed by rpm, Both function without problems with out rebuilding
> python3 for me. rpm exercises Berkeley DB as does sqlite by yum.
>
> I am missing some thing here?
>
The rebuild of python3 (and for some of us, rebuilding python2 after
adding extra possible dependencies) is so that something else can
use the added python modules.
ĸen
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