[GRASS-dev] python2/3 and GRASS build on Arch

[Glynn Clements]

Maciej Sieczka wrote:

> > The python interpreter is accessed via the make variable PYTHON, so
> > you can use e.g.:
> >
> > make PYTHON=python2
> 
> Still one error crops out - ctypesgen.py has "#!/usr/bin/env python"
> shebang, which calls Python 3.x on Arch, therefore:

> Changing that shebang to python2 let the build complete OK. Do you know
> if there is a workaround which does not involve modyfying the source though?

Create a directory containing a symlink from "python" to the python2
executable, than add that directory to the front of the PATH.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>