Our build process no longer depends on Python 2, so we can finally allow Python 3 to satisfy our requirement for a Python interpreter. Since several distributions have now switched to installing Python 3 by default and Python 2 is on its way out, prefer the former when both are available. Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@xxxxxxxxxx> --- configure.ac | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 970a695ad1..56a7ad780a 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -645,9 +645,9 @@ if test "$with_linux" = "yes"; then fi dnl Allow perl/python overrides -AC_PATH_PROGS([PYTHON], [python2 python]) +AC_PATH_PROGS([PYTHON], [python3 python2 python]) if test -z "$PYTHON"; then - AC_MSG_ERROR(['python' or 'python2' binary is required to build libvirt]) + AC_MSG_ERROR(['python3', 'python2' or 'python' binary is required to build libvirt]) fi AC_PATH_PROG([PERL], [perl]) if test -z "$PERL"; then -- 2.14.3 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list
