Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] ci: install python on ubuntu

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 27, 2022, 23:36 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh6yk9dht.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <CANYiYbGmZjBzRNd9W2kws9KCnxXAvVpkGNUzRJs4LtLKW+ukmQ@mail.gmail.com>

Jiang Xin <worldhello.net@gmail.com> writes:

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>     $ apt-get install python
>     Reading package lists... Done
>     Building dependency tree... Done
>     Reading state information... Done
>     Package python is not available, but is referred to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> However the following packages replace it:
>   2to3 python2-minimal python2 dh-python python-is-python3
>
> E: Package 'python' has no installation candidate

OK, I see. Thanks. I wondered if "python" redirects to either one of these versions. Not that I would suggest another approach based on such a redirection, even if it existed--as I said, the question was purely out of curiosity.