sysutils/py-salt doesn't work with python3 | py36-salt fails to install

[Ben Woods]

On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 at 3:46 am, Peter <fbsdq at peterk.org> wrote:

> On 09/07/17 16:00, Russell L. Carter wrote:
> > On 09/07/17 11:00, Peter wrote:
> >> All the python36 modules / python36 builds, and installs fine, but the
> >> port fails to install;
> >
> >
> https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/installation/index.html#dependencies
> >
> >
> > Python 2.6 >= 2.6 <3.0
> >
> > I am not entirely certain, but I think my whole tree of
> > python27 packages is only required by py-salt these
> > days.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Russell
> >
> >
> True, did not look at the installation instructions for 2017.7..., only
> the release notes which made it seem like python3 should work;
> https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2017.7.0.html#python-3
> and the latest commit comment in ports:
>    http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/py-salt
>
> ]Peter[


I suspect the installation instructions are out of date / have not been
updated since 2017.7.0 which added python 3 support according to the
release notes.

Not sure why the install is failing, but I will try to have a look.

Regards,
Ben

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