On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 11:58:07AM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 00:58:00 +0000, Richard W.M. Jones wrote: > > > It would also be nice if: > > > > PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 %configure > > > > didn't (silently) do the wrong thing by default. For a long time we > > shipped a nbdkit-python3 package which was using python2, and that was > > found to be the cause. > > And the configure script didn't accept the external definition of $PYTHON, > I guess. No, the ./configure script DOES accept $PYTHON if it is set in the environment. The problem happens in the expansion of the %configure macro. I am mainly pointing out this trap since I don't see a simple fix. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com virt-df lists disk usage of guests without needing to install any software inside the virtual machine. Supports Linux and Windows. http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-df/ _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx