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([2601:647:5580:5760:c1bf:72b5:6aa3:f684]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 98e67ed59e1d1-2f9e1e23a09sm2379868a91.38.2025.02.05.18.16.01 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:16:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <101b03c5-dfad-41f0-8156-e541b8e6c68f@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 18:16:00 -0800 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Beta Subject: Re: `git p4` broken on machines which do not have python on path To: "brian m. carlson" , Kapil Somani , git@vger.kernel.org References: Content-Language: en-US From: Illia Bobyr In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 2/5/25 17:46, brian m. carlson wrote: > I realize that Python 3 is now the default, but there were apparently > still some people who want to use Python 2.7 last time this came up, so > the default shebang hasn't changed. According to Python upstream, > `python` can be of any version, although for all distros I'm aware of, > `python` is always version 2. I just checked my Ubuntu 24.10 and `python` is `python3`. ❯ python --version Python 3.12.7 ❯ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description:    Ubuntu 24.10 Release:        24.10 Codename:       oracular ❯ whereis python python: /usr/bin/python ❯ dpkg -S /usr/bin/python python-is-python3: /usr/bin/python There are both `python-is-python2` and `python-is-python3` packages. They just provide a symlink for convenience. And one can use Python version managers to manage what `python` means, of cause.