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Re: Command to query “Python versions that are installed *with* standard library”



Hi Ben,

On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 10:16:44AM +1100, Ben Finney wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> What is a ‘py3versions’ (or alternative) command that can be run in
> AutoPkgTest, to query the Python versions that are installed on this
> machine *with* their standard library?
>
> The ‘pythonX.Y-minimal’ packages can be installed *without* standard
> library, but will still appear in the ‘py3versions --installed’ output.
>
> This means it's possible to have an AutoPkgTest test that attempts to
> run a module for all the ‘py3versions --installed’ versions, then fail
> because an import of a standard library module fails.
>
> What command, hopefully as simple as ‘py3versions --installed’, can be
> used in AutoPkgTest to interrogate *only* those Python versions on the
> local machine that have their standard library installed?

I usually use py3versions --supported and make the autopkgtest depend on
python3-all.

--
Dmitry Shachnev

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