Bug 2010 – gracefully detect python2 vs python3 issues

Bug 2010 - gracefully detect python2 vs python3 issues


Summary:	gracefully detect python2 vs python3 issues

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	bake
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	bake
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	PC Linux

Importance:	P5 normal
Assigned To:	Daniel Camara

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Reported:	2014-10-15 18:37 UTC by Tom Henderson
Modified:	2014-12-03 17:07 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Tom Henderson 2014-10-15 18:37:07 UTC

Default to python3 will lead to these problems:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/ns-3-users/9ctTQAt84Ec

bake should check that /usr/bin/env python version is 2 when it does 'bake show'

Comment 1 Tom Henderson 2014-12-03 17:07:42 UTC

pushed a fix in changeset 332:8c5306f4b658.  It turned out to be necessary to detect this early in the init process due to import errors, rather than trying to detect later in the main method.