commit 47ee7978fe73816bf15cb392d0e89301f65724f8 Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Thu Jun 21 09:28:50 2018 -0400

Prefer recent Python 3 in autoconf.

Closes ticket 26372. --- changes/feature26372_029 | 4 ++++ configure.ac | 6 +++++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/changes/feature26372_029 b/changes/feature26372_029 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..150ac3055 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/feature26372_029 @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ + o Minor features (compilation): + + - When building Tor, prefer to use Python 3 over Python 2, and more + recent (contemplated) versions over older ones. Closes ticket 26372. diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 15ecbe60e..279660d9b 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -213,7 +213,11 @@ AM_PROG_CC_C_O AC_PROG_CC_C99

AC_ARG_VAR([PYTHON], [path to Python binary]) -AC_CHECK_PROGS(PYTHON, [python python2 python2.7 python3 python3.3]) +AC_CHECK_PROGS(PYTHON, [ \ + python3 \ + python3.8 python3.7 python3.6 python3.5 python3.4 \ + python \ + python2 python2.7]) if test "x$PYTHON" = "x"; then AC_MSG_WARN([Python unavailable; some tests will not be run.]) fi