{"thread":{"id":"40228","subject":"[PATCH] INSTALL: Add docs on how to use custom Python paths.","startedAt":"2015-08-31T13:22:38Z","lastAt":"2015-08-31T14:53:59Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Ehsan Akhgari","Luke Diamand","Junio C Hamano"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"268988","messageId":"1441027358-27245-1-git-send-email-ehsan@mozilla.com","threadId":"40228","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[PATCH] INSTALL: Add docs on how to use custom Python paths.","fromName":"Ehsan Akhgari","fromEmail":"ehsan@mozilla.com","sentAt":"2015-08-31T13:22:38Z","receivedAt":"2015-08-31T13:22:38Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"ehsan@mozilla.com","avatar":null},"body":"Signed-off-by: Ehsan Akhgari <ehsan@mozilla.com>\n---\n INSTALL | 5 +++++\n 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)\n\ndiff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL\nindex ffb071e..5b7fe91 100644\n--- a/INSTALL\n+++ b/INSTALL\n@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ Issues of note:\n \t  supported by Perforce) is needed to use the git-p4 interface\n \t  to Perforce.\n \n+\t  By default, git looks for Python installed in /usr/bin/python.\n+\t  On systems with a different Python installation path, pass the\n+\t  --with-python argument to configure, or set the PYTHON_PATH\n+\t  environment variable when using make to build.\n+\n  - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,\n    but depending on your specific installation, you may not\n    have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have\n-- \n2.4.0\n"},{"id":"268990","messageId":"CAE5ih7-5giLEUK3BvVcQ_2zMZiBdumDE-8LRsQxFnOZacLktTQ@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"40228","inReplyTo":"1441027358-27245-1-git-send-email-ehsan@mozilla.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: Add docs on how to use custom Python paths.","fromName":"Luke Diamand","fromEmail":"luke@diamand.org","sentAt":"2015-08-31T14:28:35Z","receivedAt":"2015-08-31T14:28:35Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"luke@diamand.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5330967?v=4"},"body":"On 31 August 2015 at 14:22, Ehsan Akhgari <ehsan@mozilla.com> wrote:\n> Signed-off-by: Ehsan Akhgari <ehsan@mozilla.com>\n> ---\n>  INSTALL | 5 +++++\n>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)\n>\n> diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL\n> index ffb071e..5b7fe91 100644\n> --- a/INSTALL\n> +++ b/INSTALL\n> @@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ Issues of note:\n>           supported by Perforce) is needed to use the git-p4 interface\n>           to Perforce.\n>\n> +         By default, git looks for Python installed in /usr/bin/python.\n> +         On systems with a different Python installation path, pass the\n> +         --with-python argument to configure, or set the PYTHON_PATH\n> +         environment variable when using make to build.\n> +\n>   - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,\n>     but depending on your specific installation, you may not\n>     have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have\n\nLooks good to me.\n\nThanks\nLuke\n"},{"id":"268993","messageId":"xmqqr3mjy0e0.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com","threadId":"40228","inReplyTo":"1441027358-27245-1-git-send-email-ehsan@mozilla.com","subject":"Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: Add docs on how to use custom Python paths.","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2015-08-31T14:53:59Z","receivedAt":"2015-08-31T14:53:59Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Ehsan Akhgari <ehsan@mozilla.com> writes:\n\n> Signed-off-by: Ehsan Akhgari <ehsan@mozilla.com>\n> ---\n>  INSTALL | 5 +++++\n>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)\n>\n> diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL\n> index ffb071e..5b7fe91 100644\n> --- a/INSTALL\n> +++ b/INSTALL\n> @@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ Issues of note:\n>  \t  supported by Perforce) is needed to use the git-p4 interface\n>  \t  to Perforce.\n>  \n> +\t  By default, git looks for Python installed in /usr/bin/python.\n> +\t  On systems with a different Python installation path, pass the\n> +\t  --with-python argument to configure, or set the PYTHON_PATH\n> +\t  environment variable when using make to build.\n> +\n>   - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules,\n>     but depending on your specific installation, you may not\n>     have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have\n\nThanks for a patch, but I doubt that it is a good idea to do this.\n\nThe paragraph we see in the post-context of your patch is meant to\ncover it, together with 47 other platform specific locations like\nSHELL_PATH, PERL_PATH, CURLDIR, etc.\n"}]}