Since commit d0259c42abff ("spdxcheck.py: Use Python 3") spdxcheck.py expects to be run using python3. "python" may still be a python2 alias. Instead, obey scripts/spdxcheck.py's shebang by executing it without pre-selecting an interpreter. Also, test python3 presence in path. Signed-off-by: Vincent Pelletier <plr.vincent@xxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 23697a6b1eaa..a1cbd5fd0856 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1084,10 +1084,10 @@ sub is_maintained_obsolete { sub is_SPDX_License_valid { my ($license) = @_; - return 1 if (!$tree || which("python") eq "" || !(-e "$root/scripts/spdxcheck.py") || !(-e "$gitroot")); + return 1 if (!$tree || which("python3") eq "" || !(-e "$root/scripts/spdxcheck.py") || !(-e "$gitroot")); my $root_path = abs_path($root); - my $status = `cd "$root_path"; echo "$license" | python scripts/spdxcheck.py -`; + my $status = `cd "$root_path"; echo "$license" | scripts/spdxcheck.py -`; return 0 if ($status ne ""); return 1; } -- 2.32.0