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Re: [patchv2] Fix Python 3 build error on 32-bit hosts
- From: <Paul_Koning at Dell dot com>
- To: <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- Cc: <palves at redhat dot com>, <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 21:06:07 +0000
- Subject: Re: [patchv2] Fix Python 3 build error on 32-bit hosts
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- References: <20150204174311 dot GA24375 at host1 dot jankratochvil dot net> <54D26BCA dot 2000505 at redhat dot com> <20150204192028 dot GA12310 at host1 dot jankratochvil dot net>
> On Feb 4, 2015, at 2:20 PM, Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, 04 Feb 2015 19:58:18 +0100, Pedro Alves wrote:
>> I agree with Paul here. I think checking Python version is sufficient.
>
> I should point out that version checking is error prone to distro backports.
That’s true in many cases. But here we’re dealing with a documented API difference, and the definition explicitly states that the change is associated with a particular Python version (core version, not distro).
paul