2016-12-07 12:04, Mcnamara, John: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: dev [mailto:dev-boun...@dpdk.org] On Behalf Of Martin Kletzander > > Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2016 10:17 AM > > To: dev@dpdk.org > > Subject: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH] Force python scripts to run with python2 > > > > With python3 being the default in some distributions/installations, > > shebang with just "python" will make the script run under version of > > python that the scripts are not written for. In order to fix that and > > mitigate future errors, use shebang properly and specify the python > > version. That way the scripts will run in any distro/install, no matter > > what python version is set as the default. > > I think a better approach would be to make the scripts Python 2 and Python 3 > compatible. > > Some of the new ones already are.
Yes The "solution" using python2 in the shebang does not work everywhere because python2 can be an unknown command.
