Re: [OE-core] [scarthgap][master][PATCH] python3: provide /usr/bin/python as a symlink to python3

[Denys Dmytriyenko <denis@denix.org>]

Should this be done via update-alternatives, like many other Linux distros do?


On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 10:32:01AM +0800, Song, Jiaying (CN) via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> From: Jiaying Song <jiaying.song.cn@windriver.com>
> 
> The /usr/bin/python cannot find the correct Python interpreter, so a symbolic
> link is added to point it to the Python3 interpreter.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiaying Song <jiaying.song.cn@windriver.com>
> ---
>  meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json | 1 +
>  meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb             | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json
> index 46092d4004..f9259e1450 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json
> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3/python3-manifest.json
> @@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
>          "files": [
>              "${bindir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}",
>              "${bindir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}.real",
> +            "${bindir}/python",
>              "${bindir}/python3",
>              "${includedir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pyconfig*.h",
>              "${libdir}/python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/UserDict.py",
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb
> index 743ba0b1f1..94535e7678 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/python/python3_3.12.4.bb
> @@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ do_install:prepend() {
>  
>  do_install:append:class-target() {
>          oe_multilib_header python${PYTHON_MAJMIN}/pyconfig.h
> +        ln -sf ${bindir}/python3 ${D}${bindir}/python
>  }
>  
>  do_install:append:class-native() {
> -- 
> 2.44.0