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Python not found during configure

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Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
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42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Start by locating the configure script containing AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_PYTHON) and review how Python is detected. Test configuration on systems exposing python2 or python3 without python, and consider the requested handling of Python 2; done means configure succeeds with an available supported command.

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Description

Our system does not provide the command python, only python2 and python3. I believe this is becoming increasingly widespread.

The configure scripts accepts only python and I do not see a way to change this via options or environment variables.

I suggest to replace

AC_CHECK_PROG(HAVE_PYTHON,[python],[python],[no])

with

AC_CHECK_PROGS(HAVE_PYTHON,[python, python3, python2],[no])

Consider dropping support for python2.

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