Re: [cocci] Cannot infer Python version: when no /usr/bin/python symlink is found (resend)

[Thierry Martinez <Thierry.Martinez@inria.fr>]

Luis Chamberlain:
> Cannot infer Python version

I was not able to reproduce this error: are you sure that it is due to a
missing /usr/bin/python symlink? This error message should appear when
libpython3-dev is missing (and I have to admit we should change for a
better error message!).

For instance, the following Dockerfile succeeds 

$ cat >Dockerfile <<EOF
FROM debian:latest
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install --yes ocaml ocaml-findlib libpython3-dev curl autoconf \
    automake make
RUN curl --remote-name --location \
    https://gitlab.inria.fr/coccinelle/coccinelle/-/archive/1.1.1/coccinelle-1.1.1.tar.bz2
RUN tar --extract --file coccinelle-1.1.1.tar.bz2
WORKDIR coccinelle-1.1.1
RUN autoreconf
RUN ./configure
RUN make
RUN cd tests && \
    ../spatch.opt --sp-file countcalls_python.cocci countcalls_python.c
RUN test ! -f /usr/bin/python
EOF

Cheers.
-- 
Thierry.

Luis Chamberlain :
> Debian and OpenSUSE Tumblweed no longer have the /usr/bin/python
> symlink, at least this is explained and spelled out on the Debian
> Python Policy [0]. This guideline specifically requests that scripts
> do not use `/usr/bin/env`, do not use `/usr/bin/python` and instead
> use the exact version desired.
>
> When running coccinelle on a system without this /usr/bin/python
> symlink Coccinelle will complain when using a python script on a cocci
> file:
>
> Cannot infer Python version
>
> Fixing this is just to create the symlink, but I *really* don't want
> to do that. And so I think we may need to support:
>
> script:python3
> initialize:python3
>
> Maybe it makes sense then to always look for python2 if a version is
> not specified, and if that does not exist look for python3 as new
> systems may not have python2.
>
> [0] https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/python-policy/ch-python.html#s-interpreter
>
>   Luis