[issue16236] Doc/Makefile should have $PYTHON=python2

Berker Peksag added the comment: You can now build the Python documentation with using Python 3. See msg216161 in issue 10224 for more information. -- nosy: +berker.peksag resolution: -> out of date stage: -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed _

[issue16236] Doc/Makefile should have $PYTHON=python2

Michele Orrù added the comment: > The patch should not unconditionally use `python2` since many distributions > do not yet install a `python2` link > to the interpreter nor is there one when running python2.7 from a build > directory. The Makefile could > conditionally try `python2` and then

[issue16236] Doc/Makefile should have $PYTHON=python2

Éric Araujo added the comment: Yes, please don’t break many OSes for the sake of one. -- nosy: +eric.araujo ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue16236] Doc/Makefile should have $PYTHON=python2

Ned Deily added the comment: The patch should not unconditionally use `python2` since many distributions do not yet install a `python2` link to the interpreter nor is there one when running python2.7 from a build directory. The Makefile could conditionally try `python2` and then fall back to

[issue16236] Doc/Makefile should have $PYTHON=python2

Changes by Michele Orrù : -- assignee: -> docs@python components: +Documentation -Interpreter Core nosy: +docs@python ___ Python tracker ___

[issue16236] Doc/Makefile should have $PYTHON=python2

Changes by Michele Orrù : -- keywords: +patch Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file27576/issue16236.patch ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue16236] Doc/Makefile should have $PYTHON=python2

New submission from Michele Orrù: On Arch/Linux, running `make html` fails with $ make html mkdir -p build/html build/doctrees python tools/sphinx-build.py -b html -d build/doctrees -D latex_paper_size= . build/html Traceback (most recent call last): File "tools/sphinx-build.py", line 27, i