linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [Backport for 4.14] perf script python: Remove explicit shebang from tests/attr.c

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Date:   Mon, 19 Dec 2022 13:18:00 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc:     FRANJOU Stephane <stephane.franjou@...roup.eu>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, Tony Jones <tonyj@...e.de>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Seeteena Thoufeek <s1seetee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [Backport for 4.14] perf script python: Remove explicit
 shebang from tests/attr.c

On Fri, Dec 16, 2022 at 12:38:12PM +0100, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> From: Tony Jones <tonyj@...e.de>
> 
> [Upstream commit d72eadbc1d2866fc047edd4535ffb0298fe240be]
> 
> tests/attr.c invokes attr.py via an explicit invocation of Python
> ($PYTHON) so there is therefore no need for an explicit shebang.
> 
> Also most distros follow pep-0394 which recommends that /usr/bin/python
> refer only to v2 and so may not exist on the system (if PYTHON=python3).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Jones <tonyj@...e.de>
> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.ibm.com>
> Cc: Seeteena Thoufeek <s1seetee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190124005229.16146-5-tonyj@suse.de
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
> ---
>  tools/perf/tests/attr.py | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

Why only 4.14?  What about 4.19?

thanks,

greg k-h