Re: Time to drop plpython2?

Hi,

On 2022-02-18 14:46:39 -0500, Joe Conway wrote:
> On 2/18/22 14:37, Andres Freund wrote:
> > > That seems to have worked.
> > >
> > > But the question is, is that the correct/recommended method?
> >
> > If python3 is in PATH, then you shouldn't need that part.
>
> Not quite -- python3 is definitely in the PATH:
>
> 8<-------------------
> $ which python3
> /usr/bin/python3
> 8<-------------------
>
> And I gather that merely installing python3 RPMs on a RHEL-esque 7.X system
> does not replace the python symlink:
>
> 8<-------------------
> $ yum whatprovides /usr/bin/python
>
> python-2.7.5-89.el7.x86_64 : An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented
> programming language
> Repo : base
> Matched from:
> Filename : /usr/bin/python
>
> $ ll /usr/bin/python
> lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Mar 13 2021 /usr/bin/python -> python2
> 8<-------------------

Yea, that all looks fine. What's the problem if you don't specify the
PYTHON=python3? We try python3, python in that order by default, so it should
pick up the same python3 you specify explicitly?

Or maybe I'm just misunderstanding what you're asking...

Greetings,

Andres Freund