On systems where python is still set to python2 the check will fail even though it is still completely possible to compile and use nbdkit. Signed-off-by: Martin Kletzander <mkletzan(a)redhat.com&gt; --- configure.ac | 2 +- plugins/python/nbdkit-python-plugin.pod | 13 +++++++------ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 5adce7d7bab5..83eefb60ab73 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ AC_SUBST([PERL_CFLAGS]) AC_SUBST([PERL_LDOPTS]) dnl Check for Python 3, for embedding in the python plugin. -AC_CHECK_PROG([PYTHON],[python],[python],[no]) +AC_PATH_PROGS([PYTHON],[python3 python],[no]) AC_ARG_ENABLE([python], [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-python], [disable Python embed plugin])], [], diff --git a/plugins/python/nbdkit-python-plugin.pod b/plugins/python/nbdkit-python-plugin.pod index 321aeb2c3b53..92a03c3cde6c 100644 --- a/plugins/python/nbdkit-python-plugin.pod +++ b/plugins/python/nbdkit-python-plugin.pod @@ -46,14 +46,15 @@ may want to include documentation and globals (eg. for storing global state). Any other top level statements are run when the script is loaded, just like ordinary Python. -=head2 Python 2 and Python 3 +=head2 Python versions -The Python plugin has to be compiled for either Python 2 or Python 3 -when building nbdkit. You can set the C<PYTHON> environment variable -to the desired interpreter, otherwise nbdkit will use the interpreter -called C<python> on the current C<$PATH>. For example: +Python 2 end of life is 2020-01-01 and nbdkit >= 1.16 no longer +supports it. If you want to use Python 2, you will need to use nbdkit +version 1.14. You can set the C<PYTHON> environment variable +to the desired interpreter, otherwise nbdkit will use interpreter +called C<python3> or C<python> on the current C<$PATH>. For example: - PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3 ./configure + PYTHON=/opt/local/bin/python3 ./configure To find out which version the Python plugin was compiled for, use the I<--dump-plugin> option, eg: -- 2.23.0