Re: python311 vs expat

Jonathan Perkin <[email protected]> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:51:05 +0000

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* On 2026-03-20 at 09:44 GMT, Adam wrote:

>That's because newer expat.h depends on features defined in expat_config.h. In this particular case XML_SetAllocTrackerActivationThreshold is guarded with "#  if defined(XML_DTD) || (defined(XML_GE) && XML_GE == 1)", and XML_DTD, XML_GE, and XML_GE are defined in expat_config.h.

It should be possible to add some builtin.mk checks to handle this, 
gated on whichever release started requiring it.

>I can commit PREFER.expat=pkgsrc solution, if no objection.

I think we should do this for now, and evaluate a more general 
builtin.mk approach after the freeze.

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