# [BUG] Hardcoded python and install on solaris

2 messages from 2012-12-12 to 2012-12-12. Participants: P Fudd, Junio C Hamano.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/32325

## P Fudd, 2012-12-12 22:34

Subject: [BUG] Hardcoded python and install on solaris
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Hi;

When compiling git-1.8.0.2 on a moderately old OpenIndiana machine, I had
to install a few things (m4, autoconf, coreutils, xz, python).

Even though I started the configuration fresh (make distclean; configure),
the makefile still wanted to use /usr/bin/python (instead of
/usr/local/bin/python) and /usr/usb/install (instead of
/usr/local/bin/install).

Thanks for a great SCM!

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## Junio C Hamano, 2012-12-12 23:08

Subject: Re: [BUG] Hardcoded python and install on solaris
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"P Fudd" <pfudd@mailinator.com> writes:

> When compiling git-1.8.0.2 on a moderately old OpenIndiana machine, I had
> to install a few things (m4, autoconf, coreutils, xz, python).
>
> Even though I started the configuration fresh (make distclean; configure),
> the makefile still wanted to use /usr/bin/python (instead of
> /usr/local/bin/python) and /usr/usb/install (instead of
> /usr/local/bin/install).

You need to specify PYTHON_PATH on the build command line, something
like:

    $ make PYTHON_PATH=/usr/local/bin/python
    $ make PYTHON_PATH=/usr/local/bin/python install

We don't really rely on configure, and it sometimes is the case
where ./configure output does not know some knobs you can tweak in
the Makefile, but this one is not.

I think you can use --with-python=/usr/local/bin/python when running
the ./configure script.  ./configure --help may tell you more about
what you can tweak.

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