Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: Add docs on how to use custom Python paths.

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Ehsan Akhgari <ehsan@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Signed-off-by: Ehsan Akhgari <ehsan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  INSTALL | 5 +++++
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
> index ffb071e..5b7fe91 100644
> --- a/INSTALL
> +++ b/INSTALL
> @@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ Issues of note:
>  	  supported by Perforce) is needed to use the git-p4 interface
>  	  to Perforce.
>  
> +	  By default, git looks for Python installed in /usr/bin/python.
> +	  On systems with a different Python installation path, pass the
> +	  --with-python argument to configure, or set the PYTHON_PATH
> +	  environment variable when using make to build.
> +
>   - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,
>     but depending on your specific installation, you may not
>     have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have

Thanks for a patch, but I doubt that it is a good idea to do this.

The paragraph we see in the post-context of your patch is meant to
cover it, together with 47 other platform specific locations like
SHELL_PATH, PERL_PATH, CURLDIR, etc.
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