Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 8995] build fails if system python is version 3+
Comment # 11
on bug 8995
from Gerald Combs
(In reply to comment #5)
> OK, that's not the only problem; ncp2222.py has some cases where Python 3 is
> complaining about inconsistent use of tabs and spaces for indentation, as
> well as a bunch of changes 2to3 lists.
>
> Reopening, so we can decide whether to punt on this or to push forward.
>
> NOTE: if we punt and require Python 2, if /usr/bin/python is Python 3, then
> the configure script's attempt to find python2 will use the already-cached
> /usr/bin/python and think *it's* python2 (at least on my Ubuntu 12.04 VM),
> so we'll need to fix that to flush the cache.
As of r51113 we should be able to build using Python >= 2.5, including Python
3. (We might support earlier versions but I don't have any installed.) Would it
make sense to switch the current Python checks to simply look for version >=
2.5? For configure.ac this should be pretty simple:
http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf-archive/ax_prog_python_version.html
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