Re: [Git][gpsd/gpsd][master] Ubuntu has abolished /usr/bin/python, change shebangs to python3.

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Greg!

On Mon, 20 Sep 2021 18:16:15 -0400
Greg Troxel <gdt@lexort.com> wrote:

> "Gary E. Miller" <gem@rellim.com> writes:
> 
> > Luckily those are only dev tools.  The users tools have dynamic
> > shebang.  
> 
> So probably the right fix is to search for and use a python path as
> part fo the build, rather than assuming.  I build with
> PYTHON=/usr/pkg/bin/python3.8 at the moment, because pkgsrc's approach
> to the python versioning mess is to use an explicit path.  So perhaps
> I'm insulated from this.  But, an approach of looking  for a version,
> in some preference order, and using it, seems more robust overall.

A lot of work for dev tools that only a few people touch.

I guess eventually, but not just before a release.

RGDS
GARY
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