CMake FindPythonInterp deprecated

pdv pdvisschere at edpnet.be
Fri Nov 29 16:24:30 UTC 2019


On 29/11/2019 15:22, Kornel Benko wrote:
> Am Fri, 29 Nov 2019 14:39:23 +0100
> schrieb pdv <pdvisschere at edpnet.be>:
> 
>> On 28/11/2019 13:36, Kornel Benko wrote:
>>>> Yes I see. At 2) one could drop the LYX_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE.
>>>> Are the LYX_ variables not supposed to be set by the developer/user?
>>>
>>> Good point. LYX_ prefix is used only to distinguish with any other variables
>>> used in e.g. underlying projects like 3rdparty ...
>>> But one could see it differently.
>>>    
>>>> Patrick
>>>
>>> 	Kornel
>>>
>>>    
>>
>> My only concern is that there is no way then to select another python
>> version if there should be a problem with the latest installed one.
>> With macports one can install different versions and select an active
>> one. But cmake's FindPython3 seems not to honor that choice and returns
>> always the latest one installed.
>>
>> I've tried to find out which version is actually used by LyX.
>> On MacOS LyX does not use the version found by CMake; At least not for
>> running the reconfigure script. This uses the python3 command which is
>> set by macports and which can be different from the one returned by
>> FindPython3.
>>
>> Maybe there are other locations in lyx where another python is used?
>>
>>
>> Patrick
>>
> 
> You will always have such problems. Create a package configured with python2.
> Use this package on a different computer. The lyx-executable will use a python
> found on this new computer.
> 
> The executables used on compile time (by make or cmake) may of course be
> different from the executables used later by lyx.
> FindPython3 is only responsive for python used at compile time.
> 
> 	Kornel
> 
> 
Seems obvious now. Thanks for clearing this up.

Patrick



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