Re: [PATCH-for-8.2] tests/vm/netbsd: Use Python v3.11

[Thomas Huth]

On 09/11/2023 16.09, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> We requiere the 'ninja-build', which depends on 'python311':
>
>    $ pkgin show-deps ninja-build
>    direct dependencies for ninja-build-1.11.1nb1
>            python311>=3.11.0
>
> So we end up installing both Python v3.10 and v3.11:
>
>    [31/76] installing python311-3.11.5...
>    [54/76] installing python310-3.10.13...
>    [74/76] installing py310-expat-3.10.13nb1...
>
> Then the build system picks Python v3.11, and doesn't find
> py-expat because we only installed the 3.10 version:
>
>    python determined to be '/usr/pkg/bin/python3.11'
>    python version: Python 3.11.5
>
>    *** Ouch! ***
...
> diff --git a/tests/vm/netbsd b/tests/vm/netbsd
> index 40b27a3469..649fcad353 100755
> --- a/tests/vm/netbsd
> +++ b/tests/vm/netbsd
> @@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ class NetBSDVM(basevm.BaseVM):
>           "git-base",
>           "pkgconf",
>           "xz",
> -        "python310",
> -        "py310-expat",
> +        "python311",
> +        "py311-expat",
>           "ninja-build",
>   
>           # gnu tools

Indeed, this seems to be required now!

Tested-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>