Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: Add docs on how to use custom Python paths.
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 23:06:22
Ehsan Akhgari [off-list ref] writes:
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Signed-off-by: Ehsan Akhgari <redacted> --- INSTALL | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index ffb071e..5b7fe91 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL@@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ Issues of note: supported by Perforce) is needed to use the git-p4 interface to Perforce. + By default, git looks for Python installed in /usr/bin/python. + On systems with a different Python installation path, pass the + --with-python argument to configure, or set the PYTHON_PATH + environment variable when using make to build. + - Some platform specific issues are dealt with Makefile rules, but depending on your specific installation, you may not have all the libraries/tools needed, or you may have
Thanks for a patch, but I doubt that it is a good idea to do this. The paragraph we see in the post-context of your patch is meant to cover it, together with 47 other platform specific locations like SHELL_PATH, PERL_PATH, CURLDIR, etc.