id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
5529	Symlink python3 to python	thomas	lfs-book	"Now that Python2 is gone from the BLFS book, P3 is now 'really' the default in the LFS ecosystem. It looks like some packages expect Python to be accessable via `/usr/bin/python`, but our standard install does only install a `/usr/bin/python3`.

We could add a `ln -svf python3 /usr/bin/python` to make it available.

There are some packages in BLFS where we had to specify the `python3` name - e.g. by adding `PYTHON=/usr/bin/python3` to the build command. That is at least the case at

- cracklib.xml
- dbus.xml
- fetchmail.xml
- gpgme.xml
- ibus.xml
- itstool.xml
- ldns.xml
- libqmi.xml
- libxml2.xml
- samba.xml
- sane.xml
- subversion.xml
- xcb-proto.xml

(that list i have created by `grep -r PYTHON= /blfs/book/source/` - so it might also include 'false positives')

I assume, when Python3 is accessable via `/usr/bin/python`, those extra settings in BLFS packages will not be required any longer.
"	enhancement	closed	normal	12.3	Book	git	normal	wontfix