linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] diffconfig: use python3 instead of python in Shebang line

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQEvej1_UrS6s1+vwdei8cK1UW8b5erYc-6Ggu25oC0cg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 22 Jan 2021 05:25:17 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
Cc:     Finn Behrens <me@...enk.de>,
        BCM Kernel Feedback <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@...b.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] diffconfig: use python3 instead of python in Shebang line

On Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at 2:17 AM Scott Branden
<scott.branden@...adcom.com> wrote:
>
> Use python3 instead of python in diffconfig Shebang line.
> python2 was sunset January 1, 2000 and environments do not need
> to support python any more.
>
> Fixes: b24413180f56 ("tweewide: Fix most Shebang lines")
> Signed-off-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
> ---
>  scripts/diffconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/diffconfig b/scripts/diffconfig
> index 627eba5849b5..d5da5fa05d1d 100755
> --- a/scripts/diffconfig
> +++ b/scripts/diffconfig
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -#!/usr/bin/env python
> +#!/usr/bin/env python3
>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>  #
>  # diffconfig - a tool to compare .config files.
> --
> 2.17.1
>

Just from curiosity, what problem is this solving?

Is there a distribution where 'python' does not exist,
but 'python3' does ?


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada