From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32050 invoked by alias); 12 May 2016 05:54:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 31941 invoked by uid 89); 12 May 2016 05:53:55 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=2x, HX-HELO:eggs.gnu.org, Hx-spam-relays-external:208.118.235.92, H*RU:208.118.235.92 X-HELO: eggs.gnu.org Received: from eggs.gnu.org (HELO eggs.gnu.org) (208.118.235.92) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Thu, 12 May 2016 05:53:53 +0000 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b0jZG-0002tO-Gn for gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Thu, 12 May 2016 01:53:51 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:39457) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b0jZB-0002pg-HD; Thu, 12 May 2016 01:53:45 -0400 Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2619 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1b0jZ0-0004aZ-CX; Thu, 12 May 2016 01:53:40 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 05:54:00 -0000 Message-Id: <8337pnbz4n.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Jim Chen CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, nchen@mozilla.com In-reply-to: <1463003507-13094-1-git-send-email-nchen@mozilla.com> (message from Jim Chen on Wed, 11 May 2016 17:51:46 -0400) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Specify python2 or python3 as Python program name Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <1463003507-13094-1-git-send-email-nchen@mozilla.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2016-05/txt/msg00187.txt.bz2 > From: Jim Chen > Cc: Jim Chen > Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 17:51:46 -0400 > > When initializing Python, GDB hard codes the Python program name to > $prefix/bin/python, where $prefix is /usr for example. On some > platforms, /usr/bin/python points to python3. So what happens is, even > if GDB is built with python2 support, GDB ends up setting the Python > program name to point to python3, causing a mismatch. I think it's > better to deliberately specify python2 or python3. I have Python 2.x installed, but there's no "python2" executable anywhere in sight, only a "python" executable. Does this patch mean GDB will no longer be able to invoke Python on my system? Thanks.