On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 07:05:03AM +0100, Markus Armbruster wrote: > Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com> writes: > > > The $(SHELLSTATUS) variable requires GNU make >= 4.2, but Travis > > seems to provide an older version. Change the existing rules to > > use command output instead of exit code, to make it compatible > > with older GNU make versions. > > > > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <ehabk...@redhat.com> > > --- > > I think that's the cause of the Travis failures. I have > > submitted a test job right now, at: > > https://travis-ci.org/ehabkost/qemu-hacks/jobs/451387962 > > Let's see if it fixes the issue. > > --- > > tests/Makefile.include | 4 ++-- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include > > index d2e577eabb..074eece558 100644 > > --- a/tests/Makefile.include > > +++ b/tests/Makefile.include > > @@ -913,8 +913,8 @@ TESTS_RESULTS_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/tests/results > > # information please refer to "avocado --help". > > AVOCADO_SHOW=none > > > > -$(shell $(PYTHON) -c 'import sys; assert sys.version_info >= (3,0)' > > >/dev/null 2>&1) > > -ifeq ($(.SHELLSTATUS),0) > > +PYTHON3 = $(shell $(PYTHON) -c 'import sys; print(1 if sys.version_info >= > > (3, 0) else 0)') > > +ifeq ($(PYTHON3), 1) > > $(TESTS_VENV_DIR): $(TESTS_VENV_REQ) > > $(call quiet-command, \ > > $(PYTHON) -m venv --system-site-packages $@, \ > > PEP 394 recommends software distributions install Python 3 into the > default path as python3, and users use that instead of python, except > for programs that are source compatible with both 2 and 3. So, is > finding out whether python is a Python 3 really appropriate? Why can't > we just use python3 and be done with it?
Because './configure --with-python=...' exists, and I didn't want to break it. Now, why do we need --with-python, and why do we need to use $(PYTHON) when running tests? If somebody wants to use a different Python binary when running tests, they can already use $PATH for that. (That's the same argument I used for iotests a while ago: https://www.mail-archive.com/qemu-devel@nongnu.org/msg566631.html) > > If we can't: isn't this a configure problem? It is, and I think Cleber mentioned that he planned to do it in ./configure, a while ago. But just using the python3 binary from $PATH would be even better. -- Eduardo