[bug#74434] [PATCH] py-compile: Allow user to disable python

On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 3:05=E2=80=AFAM Karl Berry <[email protected]> w=
rote:

>     +case "$PYTHON" in
>     +  *python*) ;;
>     +  *)
>     +  echo "$me: Invalid python executable ${PYTHON}";
>     +  echo "$me: Python support disabled";
>     +  exit 0;;
>     +esac
>
> Thanks. But I'm not sure about requiring the executable name to include
> "python". Apart from technically being against GNU standards, I can
> imagine people making a link named anything and then using that. For
> whatever reason.
>
> Maybe it would suffice to run $PYTHON -V and see if the result matches
> grep -i python?
>
> I don't have Python 2.0 (the oldest we claim to support, though I have
> my doubts), but it works with Python 2.7.
>
> $ python2.7 -V
> Python 2.7.18
>
> Wdyt? --thanks, karl.
>

That sounds reasonable.