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Re: Python shebangs

 

Hi Steven,

On 06.11.2018 15:45, Steven A. Falco wrote:

> I've done a little research, and apparently, the concern is that "env" may find a locally installed python interpreter that doesn't work the same as the system python interpreter, and that can result in subtle bugs.  Of course the locally-installed interpreter may have been installed specifically because of bugs in the system interpreter!

In this case, they will also need to take care of the SWIG module.

> 2) Add a Fedora-only patch to change the shebangs into something acceptable.  I'd probably set them to "#!/usr/bin/python2".

IMO, that is the way to go. AFAIK, kicad can also be compiled against
python 3 now, so that might need some extra care to make consistent.

   Simon

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