D7258: makefile: use Python 3 by default (BC)

[indygreg (Gregory Szorc)]

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indygreg retitled this revision from "makefile: use Python 3 by default outside of Windows (BC)" to "makefile: use Python 3 by default (BC)".
indygreg updated this revision to Diff 23421.

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  rHG Mercurial

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  https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7258?vs=18278&id=23421

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  default

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  https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7258/new/

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  https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D7258

AFFECTED FILES
  Makefile

CHANGE DETAILS

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@
 # % make PREFIX=/opt/ install
 
 export PREFIX=/usr/local
+
+# Default to Python 3.
+#
+# Windows ships Python 3 as `python.exe`.
+ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
 PYTHON?=python
+else
+PYTHON?=python3
+endif
+
 $(eval HGROOT := $(shell pwd))
 HGPYTHONS ?= $(HGROOT)/build/pythons
 PURE=



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