The configure script tests for the availability of python3, python and
python2 in that order and sets PYTHON to the first one found in path.
You don't need to have a symlink to python.

Signed-off-by: Javi Merino <javi.merino@cloud.com>
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 README | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README b/README
index f8cc426f78..6212a3a9c5 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -184,13 +184,6 @@ Various tools, such as pygrub, have the following runtime dependencies:
           URL:    https://www.python.org/
           Debian: python
 
-Note that the build system expects `python` to be available. If your system
-only has `python2` or `python3` but not `python` (as in Linux From Scratch),
-you will need to create a symlink for it, or specify PYTHON= when invoking
-make, like (note the position of PYTHON= matters):
-
-    # make PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3
-
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On 11/09/2023 5:51 pm, Javi Merino wrote:
> The configure script tests for the availability of python3, python and
> python2 in that order and sets PYTHON to the first one found in path.
> You don't need to have a symlink to python.

I think this was fixed by 5852ca48526316918cd82fba1033a6a5379fbc4c
"build: fix tools/configure in case only python3 exists"

> Signed-off-by: Javi Merino <javi.merino@cloud.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>

I'm happy to fix the commit message on commit.

On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 01:25:06PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 11/09/2023 5:51 pm, Javi Merino wrote:
> > The configure script tests for the availability of python3, python and
> > python2 in that order and sets PYTHON to the first one found in path.
> > You don't need to have a symlink to python.
> 
> I think this was fixed by 5852ca48526316918cd82fba1033a6a5379fbc4c
> "build: fix tools/configure in case only python3 exists"

Indeed! I should have put it in the commit message.

> > Signed-off-by: Javi Merino <javi.merino@cloud.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
> 
> I'm happy to fix the commit message on commit.

Thanks!