I was thinking if I can check for both which version of Python is currently available like 2 or 3, installation proceed with that. PYTHON= python2.6, does this mean that it will be installed with Python 3 as well? On Thu, Jun 14, 2018, 2:54 AM Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2018, Anmol Mishra wrote: > > > Greetings, > > I am an open source contributor and doing Google Summer Of Code 2018 at > > Sugar Labs. I would like to know that I have a repository that was > earlier > > working fat python2 and my makefile were installing it correctly, now we > > have moved forward to provide our package dual compatibility in Python 2 > > and Python 3, whole code is ready but I seek help for How to make the > > suitable changes that my changes in makefile gets adapted in such a way > > that my package will be installed in python 2 or python 3 directory > > depending on the version available on system. Your precious help and > > guidance will be highly appreciated. > > I suggest adding support for --with-python=[=PYTHON] to your package's > configure script, It should use /usr/bin/python by default, or the > program specified by the PYTHON environment variable, or perhaps the > 'python' which occurs first in the executable search path. > > It should be possible to do something like > > ./configure --with-python=/my/python5.78 > > In order to allow a specific python to be used. > > Two builds would be required to support both python2 and python3 on > the same host. > > Bob > -- > Bob Friesenhahn > bfriesen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ > GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ > _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
