20210425:
AFFECTS: users of python
AUTHOR: kai@FreeBSD.org
The default version of python3 and python was switched to 3.8.
For ports users wanting to keep version 3.7 as default,
add DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= python=3.7 python3=3.7 to make.conf
Following procedures may ease the upgrade:
For users of pre-build packages:
# sh
# for i in $(pkg query -g %n 'py37-*'); do pkg set -yn ${i}:py38-${i#py37-}; done
# pkg upgrade
For portmaster users:
# sh
# portmaster -o lang/python38 python37
# REINSTALL="$(pkg info -o "*py37*" | awk '{printf "%s ", $2}')"
# pkg delete -f "*py37*"
# portmaster $REINSTALL
# REBUILD=$(pkg query -g "%n:%dn" '*' | grep py3 | grep -v py38 | cut -d : -f 1 | sort -u)
# portmaster $REBUILD
# REBUILD2=$(pkg list | grep python-37 | xargs pkg which | awk '{print $6}' | sort -u)
# portmaster $REBUILD2