Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2021-11-15 12:19:51 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I was wondering about simply probing to see if python3 exists (and if
>> so, what version it is exactly), as an additional configure test that
>> doesn't hook into anything. That would give us some information without
>> suddenly changing what is being tested.
> But this is probably a good compromise. Were you thinking of doing a proper
> autoconf test or just putting something like python3 --version || true in
> configure?
Hm, I had in mind an actual configure test; but since it's just a
temporary exploratory measure, shortcuts are fine. However, I'm
not sure that what you suggest would result in capturing anything
in config.log.
> I guess it'd be easiest to interpret if we output the current PYTHON version
> and, iff < 3.0, also output the 'python3' version?
We'll already know if PYTHON is set, at least so far as the buildfarm
is concerned.
regards, tom lane