Re: Bootstrap with old Python

2020-08-21 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 10:17 AM Bruno Haible wrote: > > Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > I would be very surprised to see Ubuntu 16 and Ubuntu 18 drop Python2 > > support from their LTS's next year. > > Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 come with Python 2.7.12 and 2.7.17, respectively. > These versions do support

Re: Bootstrap with old Python

2020-08-21 Thread Bruno Haible
Jeffrey Walton wrote: > I would be very surprised to see Ubuntu 16 and Ubuntu 18 drop Python2 > support from their LTS's next year. Ubuntu 16.04 and 18.04 come with Python 2.7.12 and 2.7.17, respectively. These versions do support the '--version' option. We don't need to modify 'bootstrap' in orde

Re: Bootstrap with old Python

2020-08-21 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 5:20 AM Darshit Shah wrote: > > On 8/21/20 10:57 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 4:45 AM Bruno Haible wrote: > >> > >> Hi Jeffrey, > >> > >>> I'm testing Wget2. I believe it uses Gnulib from master. > >>> > >>> Older Python does not respond to 'python

Re: Bootstrap with old Python

2020-08-21 Thread Darshit Shah
On 8/21/20 10:57 AM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 4:45 AM Bruno Haible wrote: Hi Jeffrey, I'm testing Wget2. I believe it uses Gnulib from master. Older Python does not respond to 'python --version': Unknown option: -- usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | file | -] [arg

Re: Bootstrap with old Python

2020-08-21 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 4:45 AM Bruno Haible wrote: > > Hi Jeffrey, > > > I'm testing Wget2. I believe it uses Gnulib from master. > > > > Older Python does not respond to 'python --version': > > > > Unknown option: -- > > usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | file | -] [arg] ... > > Try `python -h

Re: Bootstrap with old Python

2020-08-21 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Jeffrey, > I'm testing Wget2. I believe it uses Gnulib from master. > > Older Python does not respond to 'python --version': > > Unknown option: -- > usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | file | -] [arg] ... > Try `python -h' for more information. > ./bootstrap: Error: 'python' not found > >

Bootstrap with old Python

2020-08-20 Thread Jeffrey Walton
Hi Everyone, I'm testing Wget2. I believe it uses Gnulib from master. Older Python does not respond to 'python --version': Unknown option: -- usage: python [option] ... [-c cmd | file | -] [arg] ... Try `python -h' for more information. ./bootstrap: Error: 'python' not found 'python -V' produce