Re: Change the python interpretor to use /usr/bin/env python3

[Bernhard Voelker]

On 04/02/2018 07:53 PM, Bruno Haible wrote:
> It would make sense for the "rpm runtime dependency detection" to recognize
> the /usr/bin/env case as well. In fact, there's already a TODO item in the
> source code about this [2].
> 
> Additionally, this discussion what rpm does or does not do is not related to
> gnulib. What rpm does has an impact on the difference between a tarball/source
> code meant to be installed by users _from_source_ and a package/binaries meant
> to be installed _from_a_distro's_repositories_. This is what rpm is about.
> 
> Whereas gnulib is always installed from a tarball/source code. gnulib does not
> have distro-package maintainers.
> 
> Therefore, in gnulib, the most general solution is the best one:
>   #!/usr/bin/env python
> or
>   #!/usr/bin/env python3
> 
> The user can then create a symlink as they wish:
>   ln -s /usr/bin/python3 $HOME/bin/python
> Or rely on /etc/alternatives/...
> 
> Bruno
> 
> [2] 
> https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/blob/master/scripts/script.req

Indeed, that sounded like a quirk.  Thanks for the wrap-up.

Have a nice day,
Berny