linux-kernel - Re: [scripts] python: change scripts to use system python instead of env

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:21:13 -0500
From:	Jarod Wilson <jarod@...sonet.com>
To:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [scripts] python: change scripts to use system python instead of 
	env

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com> wrote:
>> Doh. Typo in the To: field
>>
>> ----- Forwarded message from Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com> -----
>>
>> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:32:10 -0500
>> From: Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
>> To: lkml@...r.kernel.org
>> Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, tglx@...utronix.de, tony.luck@...el.com,
>>        kmcmartin@...hat.com, Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
>> Subject: [scripts] python: change scripts to use system python instead of env
>> Message-Id: <1264195930-15815-1-git-send-email-dzickus@...hat.com>
>>
>> Just a small change to a couple of scripts to go from
>>
>>  #!/usr/bin/env python
>>
>> to
>>
>>  #!/usr/bin/python
>>
>> This shouldn't effect anyone, unless they don't install python there.
>>
>> In preparation for python3, Fedora is doing a big push to change the scripts
>> to use the system python.  This allows developers to put the python3 in
>> their path without fear of breaking existing scripts.
>>
>> Now I am pretty sure anyone using python3 for testing purposes will probably
>> not run any of the scripts I changed, but Fedora has this automated tool
>> that checks for this stuff so I thought I would try to push it upstream.
>
>
> Hmm, so python3 will be installed in /usr/local/bin?

No, it will be /usr/bin/python3, but its possible a user would
configure their environment to have their default python interpreter
be python3, in which case env python would be using /usr/bin/python3
rather than /usr/bin/python, which can lead to things mysteriously
running differently or not running at all.

Acked-by: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod@...sonet.com
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